[Martin Taylor 2009.09.06.23.39]
Inspired by
[From Bill Powers (2009.09.05.1230 MDT)]
… But reorganization is slow and inefficient, and it’s always better
to have a systematic way of solving problems; in fact, finding those
ways
is supposed to be one of the outcomes of reorganization.
My aphorism: “Reorganization concerns the way the world works;
perceptual control concerns the way the world is.”
Sorry I haven’t been keeping up with reading all the messages recently,
let alone responding to them. I found myself getting too intellectually
(and emotionally) involved and therefore taking up more time than I
should have been giving to CSGnet, so I decided I’d better give it a
rest and get on with what I’m supposed to be doing – sorting out the
effects of a cousin who recently died, as well as those of my parents
who died 18 and 23 years ago, which we never did at the time. It’s
amazing what three packrats can accumulate in nearly a century!
However, Bill’s comment caught my eye, and I thought this aphorism to
be appropriate and worth keeping in mind. Of course, you have to assume
that there IS a really real world in which complex control systems
function 
Martin