Tapsearch Com EditorAttention sincere journalists and leaders needed
September 20th 2011 00:33
Tapsearch Real World News site by Ray Tapajna
What we got is a lack of communications in a world of mass communications
The news of the day, seems to be synchronized as if some grand director somewhere is setting up the scripts of the day. Some days it seems like it is cut off day for various stories and other days it seems like some story never end.
Attention: Sincere Journalist needed to tell it like it is - tell the stories as the stories unfold in the real world of the streets.
It is time for journalist to dig deep into your being and make the choice of reporting what they really are thinking about. It is time to avoid the trite habits of observation. The real world as we live it, tells me this:
Most of our economic problems and most everything else is a matter of
centralization versus decentralization. No new austerity cuts or
efficiency measures will work because the top parts of our economy and
most everything else have suffered a massive devaluation. We have lost
the the golden goose that layed the golden eggs and have already hatched
most of the golden eggs. It is also a matter of pursuing efficiency in
the wrong ways. It is also a matter of a practical philosophy missing
from our culture and ignoring human dignity in the workday. Pope
Benedict in his economic encyclical suggests the practice of
subsidiarity which means making decisions at the lowest level possible.
In business, I tried to put this in action when I sold and installed
large computer systems early in my work life. I fought IBM concepts of
centralization of computer processing. I sold and installed some of the
first national communication networks which kept the major part of
processing local. I knew that once you sent the data processing
to a central location, you actually froze the local operation in time
and would lose all the human dynamics of checks and balances. The
computer revolution came from the bottom and not the top. There were no colleges and universities that taught these skills. The data processing managers came from the factory floors or offices. They naturally knew the local dynamics from where they came. It was a complete overview of the process. It also showed how masterful skills flowed from the bottom up and not from the top down. These masters knew that apparent efficiencies were not necessarily the best ones for final results.
IBM centralization of data processing won and the expertise from the
fields faded away. Centralized controls took over and this expanded to
almost all fields and even into the money markets where new money
products were being created. It went global in size in a centralized
mode. However, free trade came and chopped up economies into pieces and
everything ended up spred all over the world. Centralized controls
failed and now we do not know how to deal with it. All the human dynamics are missing at many levels. One size does not fit all.
A $200 dollar computer device in control of a classroom can not create
much more than a $200 value. It could maybe double the value, but that
is about the extent of added value. It comes down to this. When I had my
own computer business for many years, I could make a thousand dollar
purchase for a computer, copier or things like that much more easier
than is possible today. These thousand dollar buys supported many others
too. It was a tough decision but it did not threaten the existence of my
business. I also was able to afford support systems and maintenance on a consistent basis. Today, a $500 purchase in a company, calls for a top executive or a staff of people to make the final solution. The buy does not do much to add value to the rest of the economy especially since most of the
products come from outside the local or national economy. I now have
three computers, a fax machine, 2 copiers, 3 printers with a total
replacement value of practically nothing. All the hardware are now throw-aways in a society full of human throw-aways. There is not many ways
to grow any value with this being the case.. This is happening accross the board.
Most enterprises are under the control of some centralized process. We
know the problems especially when we look for technical
support when things break down. What we have now is a centralized
process trying to control chopped up economies that are spred across
the world. Obviously, it is failing and failing in big time. The value
of workers and work has been deflated. This value is perhaps the only
real money standard left in the world since the globalization of paper
money is just a bunch of manipulations and transactions to grow values.
Our
Our economies based on making money on money instead of making things are burning out. When the value of workers and work is
degraded to a low standard , everything else follows. There is not
enough value left to pay the bills for both private and the needs of a
society with our society being wounded by processes that did not have to
happen.
It is too late to cry for austerity measures because every cut in
support or services in the public or private sector affects the whole
with a negative impact. Free trade came and in a world where everything is supposed to be affordable, we have discounted our way out of an ideal life for most in society.
Still, the journalists come and debate obvious things that really no longer fit the situation. And no austerity program in the world can save what has been lost. The bail-outs of big money are so hugh that it will take generations to balance the books.
It is time to search out the economic models that worked and abstract the good from the bad. The U.S. needs to think about reshoring their industry. We need to localize, decentralize and practice subsidiarity where all decisons are made at the lowest possible leve. We need to recreate the human dynamics of every process. Central computers and fractured statistics will not do the job.
What we got is a lack of communications in a world of mass communications
The news of the day, seems to be synchronized as if some grand director somewhere is setting up the scripts of the day. Some days it seems like it is cut off day for various stories and other days it seems like some story never end.
Attention: Sincere Journalist needed to tell it like it is - tell the stories as the stories unfold in the real world of the streets.
It is time for journalist to dig deep into your being and make the choice of reporting what they really are thinking about. It is time to avoid the trite habits of observation. The real world as we live it, tells me this:
Most of our economic problems and most everything else is a matter of
centralization versus decentralization. No new austerity cuts or
efficiency measures will work because the top parts of our economy and
most everything else have suffered a massive devaluation. We have lost
the the golden goose that layed the golden eggs and have already hatched
most of the golden eggs. It is also a matter of pursuing efficiency in
the wrong ways. It is also a matter of a practical philosophy missing
from our culture and ignoring human dignity in the workday. Pope
Benedict in his economic encyclical suggests the practice of
subsidiarity which means making decisions at the lowest level possible.
In business, I tried to put this in action when I sold and installed
large computer systems early in my work life. I fought IBM concepts of
centralization of computer processing. I sold and installed some of the
first national communication networks which kept the major part of
processing local. I knew that once you sent the data processing
to a central location, you actually froze the local operation in time
and would lose all the human dynamics of checks and balances. The
computer revolution came from the bottom and not the top. There were no colleges and universities that taught these skills. The data processing managers came from the factory floors or offices. They naturally knew the local dynamics from where they came. It was a complete overview of the process. It also showed how masterful skills flowed from the bottom up and not from the top down. These masters knew that apparent efficiencies were not necessarily the best ones for final results.
IBM centralization of data processing won and the expertise from the
fields faded away. Centralized controls took over and this expanded to
almost all fields and even into the money markets where new money
products were being created. It went global in size in a centralized
mode. However, free trade came and chopped up economies into pieces and
everything ended up spred all over the world. Centralized controls
failed and now we do not know how to deal with it. All the human dynamics are missing at many levels. One size does not fit all.
A $200 dollar computer device in control of a classroom can not create
much more than a $200 value. It could maybe double the value, but that
is about the extent of added value. It comes down to this. When I had my
own computer business for many years, I could make a thousand dollar
purchase for a computer, copier or things like that much more easier
than is possible today. These thousand dollar buys supported many others
too. It was a tough decision but it did not threaten the existence of my
business. I also was able to afford support systems and maintenance on a consistent basis. Today, a $500 purchase in a company, calls for a top executive or a staff of people to make the final solution. The buy does not do much to add value to the rest of the economy especially since most of the
products come from outside the local or national economy. I now have
three computers, a fax machine, 2 copiers, 3 printers with a total
replacement value of practically nothing. All the hardware are now throw-aways in a society full of human throw-aways. There is not many ways
to grow any value with this being the case.. This is happening accross the board.
Most enterprises are under the control of some centralized process. We
know the problems especially when we look for technical
support when things break down. What we have now is a centralized
process trying to control chopped up economies that are spred across
the world. Obviously, it is failing and failing in big time. The value
of workers and work has been deflated. This value is perhaps the only
real money standard left in the world since the globalization of paper
money is just a bunch of manipulations and transactions to grow values.
Our
Our economies based on making money on money instead of making things are burning out. When the value of workers and work is
degraded to a low standard , everything else follows. There is not
enough value left to pay the bills for both private and the needs of a
society with our society being wounded by processes that did not have to
happen.
It is too late to cry for austerity measures because every cut in
support or services in the public or private sector affects the whole
with a negative impact. Free trade came and in a world where everything is supposed to be affordable, we have discounted our way out of an ideal life for most in society.
Still, the journalists come and debate obvious things that really no longer fit the situation. And no austerity program in the world can save what has been lost. The bail-outs of big money are so hugh that it will take generations to balance the books.
It is time to search out the economic models that worked and abstract the good from the bad. The U.S. needs to think about reshoring their industry. We need to localize, decentralize and practice subsidiarity where all decisons are made at the lowest possible leve. We need to recreate the human dynamics of every process. Central computers and fractured statistics will not do the job.
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