Models Can Easily Become So Complex That

It Is In This Space Of Mastery Over Paradigms That People Throw Off Addictions, Live In Constant Joy, Bring Down Empires, Get Locked Up Or Burned At The Stake Or Crucified Or Shot, And Have Impacts That Last For Millennia.

Any System, Biological, Economic, Or Social, That Gets So Encrusted That It Cannot Self-evolve, A System That Systematically Scorns Experimentation And Wipes Out The Raw Material Of Innovation, Is Doomed Over The Long Term On This Highly Variable Planet.

Why Is Our (us) Government The Only One In The Civilized World With A Stupid, Short-term Energy Policy? Why Do Our Elected Officials Consider A European Or Japanese-type Energy Tax Not Only Unpassable But Undiscussable?

The First Commandment Of Economics Is: Grow. Grow Forever. Companies Get Bigger. National Economies Need To Swell By A Certain Percent Each Year. People Should Want More, Make More, Earn More, Spend More - Ever More. The First Commandment Of The Earth Is: Enough. Just So Much And No More. Just So Much Soil. Just So Much Water. Just So Much Sunshine. Everything Born Of The Earth Grows To Its Appropriate Size And Then Stops.

A Good Leader Sets The Right Goals, Gets Things Moving, And Helps Us To Discover That We Already Know What To Do.