Committees and Interaction

Given a committee as a possible internal mechanism for analysis and resolution, that committee must still have a single organic interface to other entities.

For example, the President of the United States might have a cabinet meeting, but when the president speaks to China at the highest level, the dialogue between the President and China is an interpersonal interaction that becomes recorded as the official conversation between those two nations.

The President changes, but the historical record does not. The president is not the United States, but must still act with full responsibility for the previous conversations and actions of his country.

China should not and does not expect to have to speak to each cabinet member about the same topic or about different aspects of the same topic. Each cabinet member brings a different aspect to bear, and, just as with the kaumatua, the president takes all into consideration to act and phrase the president’s behaviour, statements, and responses.

The Hexagon

A neomodern structure with a central courtyard, a number of concentric hubs and apparently random connecting hallways housing representatives of China, Japan, Fiji, Scotland, England, and Russia.

Surrounding the hexagon is a tent city and collection of food halls open only to employees from twelve other countries: Indonesia, Ireland, Sweden, Thailand, Australia, Mexico, Canada, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Holland, and Denmark.

[too many friendly firing incidents to be interoperable with my friends the United States.]

Collectives and Cooperatives

The head of the collective bargains for the members to be able to choose between three or four weetbix for breakfast in red bowls.

The cooperative allows a specialist member to stock the breakfast cereals so that other members may choose.

While driving, all members of the collective must turn the same direction at the same time.

Persons: n., pl. identical members of a collective.

People: n., pl. unique members of a cooperative.

Antidisestablishmentarianism

Counter-intelligence codes are an oxymoron nothing like military intelligence.

Committees and Intelligence

Given a question requiring intelligence , and individuals each with intelligence , how many individuals would a successful committee require?

If each of committee members knows facts and each committee member does not know a different fact, does the committee know anything?

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See R. G. Downey, M. R. Fellows: Parameterized Complexity Springer-Verlag, 1999.

Cooperation and the Golden Ratio

A little book that I have published, Learning and Behaviour, has provided an example of another lesson to be learned at educational institutions, namely, one should read the references.

I have attempted to enlist the aid of a renowned expert on Evolution and Game Theory, Martin Nowak, at the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics at Harvard University.

The Semantic Universe

Through deed, word, then thought, entities can establish communication. No matter what words are used, there is a difference between the letter and the spirit.

Though we all have but one life, our children may work towards keeping us in their existence.

In the spirit of openness, the attached proposal is here to sketch a concept, however, the implementation requires dedication and time.  The bona in fidele agreement of course would allow academic competition, but for any party to either acquire the source illegally or illicitly, or to use the document in a manner that would result in loss of income to OM Consulting Limited is, de natura, fidele in non bona.

Korero

[Addendum 25 05 2009]

After having been recommended to UBS NZ Limited by UBS AG in Basel, I, as Executive Director of OM Consulting Limited, approached their office in Auckland.  A month after not receiving a reply to my mail I went to their office, where the receptionist informed me that the proposal had been looked at and they would probably not be interested.

Alas, I shall have to establish the company in New York or Edinburgh.  Hopefully UBS AG has an office in Scotland or the willingness to appoint someone to run the company from Scotland or New York.  Unfortunately, with the standard of language and care in the United States Armed Services [read friendly fire incidents] I am currently unable to hire anyone not in the RNZAF or RAF.