Comments on: Regulating Systems 101 (Part 1)

By: Deregulation causes economic collapse | Dismounting Our Tiger

Deregulation causes economic collapse | Dismounting Our Tiger — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:14:04 +0000

[...] through driver education, driver testing and social pressures before we took to the highways. (See Regulating Systems 101 for details on the driving metaphor) Driving cues are re-enforced on a day to day basis with [...]

By: Destructive myth of market de-regulation | Dismounting Our Tiger

Destructive myth of market de-regulation | Dismounting Our Tiger — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:02:03 +0000

[...] Regulating Systems 101 Part 1 [...]

By: How we mismanage intrinsic conflicts in business and society | Dismounting Our Tiger

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:57:25 +0000

[...] through driver education, testing and social pressures before they took to the highways. (See Regulating Systems 101 for details on the driving metaphor) Those cues are reinforced with traffic tickets, fines and jail [...]

By: Mary L. Deakin

Mary L. Deakin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:15:42 +0000

Really great paralel. cont. So how to press for deregulation?

Mary: Actually, I’m not advocating greater deregulation…. nor am I simply in favor of more and more regulation. It’s as silly to deregulate the financial industry or businesses in general as it would be to deregulate driving…. i.e. then people could drive on either side of the road, remove or simply ignore all traffic signals, drive vehicles of any size or weight, etc. There would be chaos and the transportation system would support only a few people…. those with tanks. The default condition of any completely deregulated “system” (actually a system implies some form of cohesive regulation) is a condition that supports very few people. A deregulated world would support only a tiny population of human beings; an their lives would be miserable.

Thanks for your comment.

Ed Lee