Notes
[Notebook Turkey, DB 55]
[Sunday 10 March 2002 - Saturday 16 March 2002]
[page 61]
Sunday 10 March 2002
Monday 11 March 2002
Tuesday 12 March 2002
Will we ever get there? Only by effort, and even then, only if the idea is consistent with reality. The new American empire, however, needs leavening with a humanitarian ideal that has scientific rather than just political backing. The completion of the task comes down to self confidence, which in turn depends upon personal conviction that the case is good, and the energy to propagate the cause. This seems to be something like the mental process that Muhammad (and other prophets) went through.
The salvation of the world depends on good management, which is based on good organization which is based on consistency. Total formal consistency can only achieved in a static system, like mathematics. In fact time is of the essence, and organizations must be able to adapt to a changing environment. This requires a certain amount of inconsistency (the error signal) and uncertainty in a survival oriented system.
Wednesday 13 March 2002
One is moving around an attractor in the space of existence. This attractor is peace, which we postulate arises when there is a protocol in place for dealing with every eventuality in an agreed manner. So the business of killing and the rule of law.
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STOP DIVINE KILLING
The Christian god is a killer god.
How big is god?
a) logical confinement
b) cardinal confinement = not(logical confinement)
Often this work is easy because there is enough novelty to create excitement but the need to go commercial changes that somewhat. Under the influence of commercial (survival) force, time becomes of the essence and so it becomes necessary to suppress some desires to keep the job going. Yet the potential benefit justifies the momentary pain and makes the job feasible. If one believes in the outcome, levels of effort up to martyrdom are possible.
Loneliness (long distance from home) leads to writing (narrow bandwidth communication) better suited to travelling the long distance to home.
Up to Newton. More abstract and more complex.
Mathematics is a game played in a space. The space gradually got larger and more complex and the rules simpler.
3D Newton. [infinite-D Hilbert]
Thursday 14 March 2002
Friday 15 March 2002
Saturday 16 March 2002
