This morning I had an insight that I feel is very important. When we examine the biological needs of single celled organisms surviving as individuals versus the needs of a similar number of cells working together within the body of an organism, we find the cells working together are able to reduce their biological needs by 100 to 1000 times. The bodies of all living systems are organized synergically.
These facts from biology were the basis of my prediction in my description of ORTEGRITY, that humans organized synergically could expect 100 to 1000 times increases in productivity and efficiency. As you know, Ortegrity is designed to insure that all members win and internal conflict is eliminated.
Recall that the larger a tensegrity is, the more powerful it will be. Synergic science predicts this will also be true for human organizations structured as Ortegrities. Therefore, I would expect a trend towards very large organizations.
Imagine, what could be possible if the entire human species were a single organization. The synergic strategies of Ortegrity could be used to organize all of humanity into a single level 12 Ortegrity up to a limit of 13,841,287,201 humans.
In our present world, with its obsession with growth and growing larger, whenever I have presented the ORTEGRITY to business people, they have been excited by the possibility of increasing production. However, they tend to overlook the point that these systems could be 100 to 1000 times more efficient.
Now being more productive doesn't mean you have to produce more. It also means you could produce what you need in less time and then have more time for yourself and your family. Being more efficient means you can do with a lot more with less energy and matter. If these biological truths hold up for humans organizing synergically, we could do much more with a great deal less.
This morning I realized there was another way to look at this synergic power.
What this efficiency means is that the ecological footprint of 6 billion synergically organized humans could be as low as that of 60 million to 6 million of today's adversary-neutrally dis-organized humans.
Now how we would live we would be very different. There would be very few people moving in powered vehicles. Most of today's products would disappear. We would focus on creating a few great products that met our individual and collective needs. Human wants would be serviced only after energy analysis and cost to benefit ratio determined that such wants were acceptable.
There would be a continuing competition to design the best of any type of tool, and then only that "state of the art" tool would be created and shared by groups of humans working and living together. There would only be one brand of any device. Competition would occur in the design studio. Prototypes would be made, but only the very best would be manufactured.
Energy wasting hobbies and activities would be greatly curtailed if not completely eliminated. All activities would be examined for energy requirements, and the only activities allowed would be those with acceptable cost to benefit ratios.
This change to synergy with energy responsibility could bring a major resurgence in music and the arts, writing, poetry, theater, singing ,dancing, debate, discussion, lectures, etc., etc.. But, I expect, we would see no one taking a joy ride in a vehicle powered by an internally combustion engine.
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Timothy Wilken, MD writes: The term synergic comes from the root word synergy. The dictionary defines synergy as the working together of two things to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects. Humanity has never worked together. What could be the effect produced by a unified humanity working together? I have developed ORTEGRITY as a mechanism for working together. In my description of ortegrity, I predict that synergic organizations could be designed to insure that all members win and eliminate all internal conflict. These organizations could be 100 to 1000 times more efficient. The synergic strategies of Ortegrity are so powerful that could be used to organize all of humanity in a single level 12 Ortegrity up to a limit of 13,841,287,201 humans. What this efficiency means is that the ecological footprint of 6 billion synergically organized humans could be as low as 60 million to 6 million of today's adversary-neutrally organized humans. (09/13/02) | |
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(PDF) -- Timothy Wilken, MD writes: The Ortegrity is a system for organizing two or more humans. It produces win-win relationships between all individuals within the organization. This results in a conflict free environment which optimizes the two processes of human behavior — decision and action. The resultant is that efficiency, productivity, and quality of work-life are optimized. ... A level 12 Ortegrity would be adequate for organizing the entire humans species within a single organization. Recalling that the larger a tensegrity the more powerful it will is. Synergic science predicts this will also be true for human organizations structured as Ortegrities. Therefore, I would expect a trend towards very large organizations. Imagine, what could be possible if the entire human species were a single organization. No conflict, no wars, no crimes. Impossible! You say. No but it would require a new way of thinking. Then, is there anything a unified humanity could not accomplish? (09/13/02) | |
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(PDF) -- N. Arthur Coulter, MD originally published his book on applying synergic science to human relationships and thinking under the title Synergetics. It is now online in a new revised edition with a new titlet Human Synergetics to distinguish it from Fuller's work. Coulter writes: There is available to every human mind a state of advanced consciousness and well-being that is exciting, vigorous and incredibly beautiful. It is characterized by an expansion of awareness, by an enhancement of rationality and by a remarkable phenomenon called think-feel synergy. This state is called the synergic mode of function. The word "synergy" means, literally, "working together." In medicine, it has long been used to denote the working together of two or more drugs, or of two or more muscles acting about a joint. Applied to the human mind, "synergy" denotes the working together of the enormous variety of functions that comprise the mind, producing a new whole that is greater than the mere sum of its parts. When the synergic mode turns on, the mind lights up. Perceptions grow more vivid and acute, with "flash-grasp" of complex situations a not infrequent occurrence. Thinking becomes faster, more accurate and remarkably clear. Often thought-trains race along several tracks at once. Actions become more apt and multipurposed, with a high gain-to-effort ratio. Emotional tone ranges from cheerfulness to enthusiasm, with a harmonious blending of thought and emotion that is highly exhilarating. Abilities long dormant or even unsuspected are activated as the wave of synergy surges into the hidden depths of the mind. (09/13/02) | |
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Synergic science is the study of "working together". One of the most important synergic scientists was Buckminster Fuller. He created a new mathematics and engineering based on "working together". Fuller said: “For the first time in history it is now possible to take care of everybody at a higher standard of living than any have ever known. Only ten years ago the ‘more with less’ technology reached the point where this could be done. All humanity now has the option to become enduringly successful.” All we have to do is work together. (09/13/02) | |
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A good description of Fuller’s work comes from Amy Edmondson in her book, A Fuller Explanation, as she writes,“Synergetics, in the broadest terms, is the study of spatial complexity, and as such is an inherently comprehensive discipline. Designers, architects, and scientists can easily find applications of this study in their work; however, the larger significance of Fuller’s geometry may be less visible. Experience with synergetics encourages a new way of approaching and solving problems. Its emphasis on visual and spatial phenomena combined with Fuller's holistic approach fosters the kind of lateral thinking which so often leads to creative breakthroughs.” (09/13/02) | |
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Synergetics is the geometrical coordinate system discovered by Fuller and developed over the course of a half-century. He describes synergy as “the behavior of whole systems not predictable from the behavior of separate parts.” Fuller describes synergetics as, "Only one-half a century old, the science of Synergetics presents an experimentally verifiable, conceptual mathematics which faithfully accommodates all of the morphological dynamics of nature's inherently four-dimensional behaviors." He defines synergy also as the “behavior of integral, aggregate, whole systems unpredicted by behaviors of any of their components or subassemblies of their components taken separately from the whole.” (09/13/02) | |
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