Subject: Bored Students

Posted by Chad Green on 12/29/2010
In Reply To:Bored Students Posted by Charles Tse on 12/29/2010

Message:

Hi Charles,

I'm glad you asked! Here is a link to Clemson's Systems Laws:
http://www.systemswiki.org/index.php?title=Systems_Laws

What we need for the 21st century is a series of new principles or laws based on the concept of simplexity:
http://multispective.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/simplexity-simple-and-complex/

I'm not an expert in finance, nor do I play one on TV, but Harvard economist Benjamin Friedman does both, so I'll let him address your other questions: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/jan-june10/makingsense_06-04.html

Kathy: You had asked in an earlier e-mail: Does public education reflect society's values?

I think it does, but for a bygone era. What we should be doing now is planning for the next renaissance. Here is a good start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_(disambiguation)

I would recommend studying the polymaths of the Islamic Golden Age, such as Ibn Khaldun.

Chad