Doug Seeley said:snip
>In a nutshell, the relationship of digraph evolution to the Edge of Chaos
>notion is as follows. If you examine the connectivity within a community
>(set) as random links (arcs) are made between individuals (nodes), or
>conversely as random links are removed from a connected community, a
>striking phenomenon occurs which I refer to as the "avalanche" (in random
>graph evolution it is called the "double jump"). Describing it from the
>perspective of a growing number of links, what happens is that a certain
>point in the link density, the connectivity of the community suddenly
>skyrockets to include almost everyone (where connectivity includes
>indirect connections between individuals). At the same time there is a
>rapid coalescence of various sub-communities which have already formed.
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>The opposite phenomenon occurs with the removal of links from a connected
>community. Suddenly, its connectivity rapidly disentegrates leaving a
>dispersed "archipelago" of relatively small sub-communities.
>Does this ring any bells ??
It certainly does, from the demise of the 1,600 opera houses in Iowa--to
health care--to the elderly--to education-- to the new "for-profit Star
System"--to the demise of the "not-for-profit" public service area in the
new flat tax proposals from both parties in Congress--to the coming
integration of several million out of work angry workers into a private
sector that doesn't have room for the workers they have. Sounds like a
recipe for:
"connectivity rapidly disentegrating, leaving a dispersed
'archipelago' of relatively small sub-communities."
i.e. you can only trust your relatives. Maybe like Bosnia? Is there
something about American culture or business that makes us keep making
this mistake? Maybe a rebel gene?
-- Ray Evans Harrell Artistic Director The Magic Circle Opera Repertory Ensemble, Inc. 200 West 70th Street, Suite 6-c New York City, New York 10023-4324 212-724-2398 mcore@soho.ios.com
-- mcore@soho.ios.com (Ray Evans Harrell)