Re: MD Cooperation, Profit and Some Thoughts

From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Thu Nov 03 2005 - 14:27:53 GMT

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    This is a resend.

    Hi Case,

    Generally I agree with your "cut to the chase" analysis of the debate
    between me and Arlo. However, I suggest one of your sentences should be
    changed. You wrote:

    > [Case]
    > That is the essence of this debate. Arlo seems to think that we are
    > intellegent beings should be designing a system that makes sense. Platt
    > seems to think that we are not smart enough or trustworthy enough to do
    > this and that the market place is the best system yet devised for
    > assigning values. From the standpoint of Quality in the ZMM sense these
    > are two poles of a dualism: public good versus private good. There is
    > Quality in there someplace but because of their different analogs
    > (reinforcement histories) Platt and Arlo do no agree on where Quality is
    > found.
    >
    > From my perspective the problem with the extreme capitalism is that all
    > value is reduced to cash and the problem with extreme socialism is that
    > all value is determined by committee. I would be satisfied if the public
    > debate was at least directed toward this dualism itself. To their credit
    > that is what Arlo and Platt are talking about most of the time. I vote
    to
    > give them a radio show.

    The sentence I would change is the first one in the second paragraph. To
    be more accurate it should read:

    "From my perspective the problem with extreme capitalism is that all value
    is reduced to individual choice and the problem with extreme socialism is
    that all value is determined by committee."

    This would make the difference between the two types of economy parallel,
    the one upholding the individual, the other the group.

    As for a radio show, count me out. I freeze in front of a microphone. My
    preferred milieu is a soapbox. :-)

    Platt

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