Comments on: Do Something http://occamsrazr.com/2008/04/16/do-something/ better communication makes the complex simple Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:19:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: RazRchive » Dirty Gold http://occamsrazr.com/2008/04/16/do-something/#comment-1808 RazRchive » Dirty Gold Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:39:42 +0000 http://occamsrazr.com/?p=592#comment-1808 [...] it’s dangerous.  It reinforces an ill-informed stereotype that money is made by “doing something.”  That notion is half right. You might be sitting back doing nothing with it, but the [...] [...] it’s dangerous.  It reinforces an ill-informed stereotype that money is made by “doing something.”  That notion is half right. You might be sitting back doing nothing with it, but the [...]

]]> By: Adam Daniel Mezei http://occamsrazr.com/2008/04/16/do-something/#comment-1619 Adam Daniel Mezei Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:34:07 +0000 http://occamsrazr.com/?p=592#comment-1619 I liken this post to something that former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir used to do during the height of the Gulf War, v1.0. Whenever he was challenged by US politicos, lobbyists, and/or US/Israeli media hounds for a response to his Likud Government's stonewalling of the peace process of the day (especially during press scrums) -- he used to shrug his shoulders with a quizzical look and say, "I don't know," or simply and classically "no." What few people realized at the time was that this was all part of a carefully-crafted strategy to buy time and secure concessions/make progress for his country at a time when the pressure was majorly on to make immediate peace concessions with the Palestinians was at its peak, post-1991 Madrid Peace Conference. The best offense was "do nothing." Active waiting, as His Royal Sharpness so very aptly describes herein... Why this particular post sparked that particular brainstorm, I'm still trying to figure *that* out, mesdames et messieurs...but like the proverbial battery -- the pitcher's mound to the backstop -- we seem to have knuckled down on the fundamentals which make the blessed game "America's Pastime." ::: Um, what brought that on?! ::: Er...wishing you the very best of things. --ADM temporarily in Toronto I liken this post to something that former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir used to do during the height of the Gulf War, v1.0.

Whenever he was challenged by US politicos, lobbyists, and/or US/Israeli media hounds for a response to his Likud Government’s stonewalling of the peace process of the day (especially during press scrums) — he used to shrug his shoulders with a quizzical look and say, “I don’t know,” or simply and classically “no.”

What few people realized at the time was that this was all part of a carefully-crafted strategy to buy time and secure concessions/make progress for his country at a time when the pressure was majorly on to make immediate peace concessions with the Palestinians was at its peak, post-1991 Madrid Peace Conference. The best offense was “do nothing.” Active waiting, as His Royal Sharpness so very aptly describes herein…

Why this particular post sparked that particular brainstorm, I’m still trying to figure *that* out, mesdames et messieurs…but like the proverbial battery — the pitcher’s mound to the backstop — we seem to have knuckled down on the fundamentals which make the blessed game “America’s Pastime.”

::: Um, what brought that on?! :::

Er…wishing you the very best of things.

–ADM temporarily in Toronto

]]> By: Jenna http://occamsrazr.com/2008/04/16/do-something/#comment-1594 Jenna Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:28:47 +0000 http://occamsrazr.com/?p=592#comment-1594 I'm all for taking short cuts and back roads! I can't stand getting stuck in traffic. I’m all for taking short cuts and back roads! I can’t stand getting stuck in traffic.

]]> By: jesse http://occamsrazr.com/2008/04/16/do-something/#comment-1592 jesse Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:54:47 +0000 http://occamsrazr.com/?p=592#comment-1592 very well written an laden with apt analogies... seems to me, if i read it right, that you say that impulsive knee-jerk reactions could be, might be, typically would be expected to be, worse than the occurrence they are designed to counteract. i think a recent post of mine took this sentiment a step farther, in the discussion of the housing crisis and economic recession, where i demonstrate that any system that is functioning is a functioning system. The importance of such a, well DER, statement, is to underscore the fact that making changes to a functioning system must be thought through enough to ensure the system continues to function at a MINIMUM of at least the same capacity, in the poor-good spectrum, as it was prior to any pressures/changes. Even further, I make the argument that the less stable the system is, the more care must be applied when making changes. A healthy well-oiled machine needs maintenance amd TLC, but not taken apart. a poorly running near-death engine needs very careful attention, and just throwing random and wild new parts and snake oils at it won't do it any good, and might even do it so much harm that it would cease to function at all. very nice post. thanks for the forum. jesse http://omnipreserve.blogspot.com very well written an laden with apt analogies…
seems to me, if i read it right, that you say that impulsive knee-jerk reactions could be, might be, typically would be expected to be, worse than the occurrence they are designed to counteract.
i think a recent post of mine took this sentiment a step farther, in the discussion of the housing crisis and economic recession, where i demonstrate that any system that is functioning is a functioning system.
The importance of such a, well DER, statement, is to underscore the fact that making changes to a functioning system must be thought through enough to ensure the system continues to function at a MINIMUM of at least the same capacity, in the poor-good spectrum, as it was prior to any pressures/changes.
Even further, I make the argument that the less stable the system is, the more care must be applied when making changes.
A healthy well-oiled machine needs maintenance amd TLC, but not taken apart.
a poorly running near-death engine needs very careful attention, and just throwing random and wild new parts and snake oils at it won’t do it any good, and might even do it so much harm that it would cease to function at all.
very nice post. thanks for the forum.
jesse
http://omnipreserve.blogspot.com

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