[governance] Complexity Mathematics, the EU and Global Governance - from The Globalist

[Sonigitu Ekpe]

Dear Uncle Tom, Great Fellows and Friends,

+1 "Managing the complexity requires a completely different mental and
Scientific approach than the one we are used to."

What an excellent issue for research and brainstorming!

Solutions within.

Thank you.

Accept my unreserved high esteemed regards!

Sea

On 11 Oct 2011 17:46, "Thomas Lowenhaupt" <toml at communisphere.com> wrote:

 Andrea Illy presents some relevant thoughts on global governance in
Complexity Mathematics, the EU and Global Governance, from The Globalist
http://www.theglobalist.com/storyid.aspx?StoryId=9363.<http://www.theglobalist.com/storyid.aspx?StoryId=9363>The
focus is on the EU but lessons for the Internet might be found there
as
well.

It starts:

I am not a mathematician, but I have learned that we must grapple with some
key concepts in order to prepare ourselves for the challenges that lie ahead
for our civilization — almost regardless of where we live. The first
important principle to get our arms around is this: The more we grow, the
more disorder we create.

While this may sound like some anarchical idea, it really is the
thermodynamic principle of entropy. Likewise, the more disorder that we have
around, the more variables we create. As a result, we constantly create more
complexity, because the definition of complexity is the interdependence of
the many variables involved.

 Managing this complexity requires a completely different mental and
scientific approach than the one we are used to. People tend to think in a
linear fashion, simply because that’s what we are used to doing.

 We humans are adept at, and used to, understanding three dimensions:
length, width and height. Why is this significant? Because that is what
typical linear mathematics captures. Once you surpass three variables in
mathematics, however, then you start entering complexity mathematics, which
is completely different.
...<http://www.theglobalist.com/storyid.aspx?StoryId=9363>

 Best,

Tom Lowenhaupt, Director
Connecting.nyc Inc.

P.S. We're sponsoring a discussion on governance of the .nyc TLD this
Thursday from 10-11 AM, New York time. It's using Google's Hangout feature
as follows:

What is the governance process for the .nyc TLD?

Is the multi-stakeholder model used by ICANN and the IGF appropriate for a
city TLD? (Typically thought of as business, government, civic society.) How
might this be adjusted for New York's needs?

We'll discuss the governance of other civic communication channels - public
access cable, radio, tv - and how a city TLD might be best governed.

The topic will be addressed at our regular Thursday "Tea and the .nyc TLD"
Hangout on Google +, for one hour between 10-11 AM.  Go here  --> Google+
Hangout<https://plus.google.com/_/notifications/ngemlink?path=%2F%3Fgpinv%3DdfX6OlVqIUg%3Al0RUKL1XqtM>
.



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