Thank you so much for introducing me to the work of Russell Lincoln Ackoff with this video. His honesty and clarity of thought jumped off YouTube at me and I went on to read your tribute to him and his Wikipedia entry. Although I never knew of him, I know that I have been deeply effected by his work. It is nice to hear a voice and see the man to go with the knowledge he shared with me before I knew who he was.
P.S. I have been having an email exchange with your sister and she thinks we might have somethings in common. Now, in reading these posted, I know we do. I am speaking on "A New Ism Project" in Nevada City in January which is an attempt to create the ideological social software to apply Systems Thinking to the creation of a new ism, but also bringing in Game Theory, Complexity Theory, Coordination Theory, Common Pool Resource Management, Judgment Aggregation, Reciprocal Altruism, the Evolution of Cooperation, Non-Zero, Non Violence Communication, et al, into a cohesive ideology that will be ready to apply for the job when we fire Capitalism, just as the Soviet Bloc has fired Socialism and Communism for their deficiencies. The idea is to lead with the question of "What do you think should be in A New Ism?", not "this is The New Ism."
I look forward to having the chance to meet you.
-- Michael Rogers
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