ROG Wrote:
The way to help those that have not developed effective economies is to
export the knowledge. This uses my very inclusive above definition of the
word. It not only includes education, science, inventions and copywrite
data, it also includes accounting standards, investment processes, more's on
birth control, etc. By the way, exporting knowledge (thus reducing
assymetry) will imo increase wealth for ALL parties.
MARCO Responded:
Indeed, and again I'm glad to see your great focus on positive sum games.
But on the other hand we have that this "Knowledge Export" is just imposing
a system. If we take a look on modern wars we easily will see that they have
not the purpose to conquer a territory, rather to export, often impose, a
system.
ROG Now Adds:
Agreed completely. In should not be imposed, it should be sought out by
those in need. Imposition is not harmonious. I will say that the process of
knowledge exporting has worked in many cultures (many in the Pacific Rim for
example).
MARCO:
Instead, I greatly admire the Muhammad Yunus' micro-credit system (many
links are available on the net) which has demonstrated more effectiveness
than any other majestic attempt. IMO it works as it is made of small
interventions focused on single persons or small groups, and it shows that
actually the only possibility to tame the (social) beast [be it governmental
or not], the real asymmetry we have to solve is about the individual
(intellectual) freedom. The micro-credit system triggers primarily personal
attachment to small individual enterprises, creates a real local market that
is the basic weave upon which individual's awareness of needs and skills and
possibility of Quality Creation thrives. And this is DQ at work, my friends!
ROG:
Yes! Knowledge may also be unfit to export. An idea that works in one
culture may not be in harmony with another's. New ideas may be necessary. I
fear some cultures will never make the transition though, at least not until
the culture itself changes. I believe some cultures result in exactly what
they have always gotten. When this occurs, we can sometimes see static,
fundamentalist cultures resist change, yet at the same time resent the rest
of the world for their failure. (How does the saying go...."some nations'
major export product is victimization theories.")
Rog
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