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Re: Bionomics?



Jay Hanson wrote:

> 
> What is the official definition of "overpopulation"
> from the Bionomics Institute?
> 

First off the generally accepted definition of overpopulation is more
and more people chasing too little food.  Which is obviously not the
case if you just look at the numbers.  We have more people chasing a
supply of food which is expanding at a 40% greater rate than population.
I am not saying that people arent starving.  People are, but not because
of a lack of food in the WORLD.  It is because of either a civil war or
lack of transportation infrastructure that people in developing nations
starve.  Remember those pictures from Ethiopia back in the 80's and
Somalia a few years ago?  Both were embroiled in a civil war which made
food shipments really difficult to organize due to the dangers involved
in going into a war zone, not due to the lack of food in the world.
> 
> > Viewing the economy as an ecosystem
> 
> What does this mean?
> 
Bionomics suggests a new economic paradigm. Where mainstream economics
is based on concepts borrowed from classical Newtonian physics,
bionomics is derived from the teachings of modern evolutionary biology.
Where orthodox thinking describes the economy as a static, predictable
engine, bionomics sees the economy as a self-organizing, "chaotic"
information ecosystem. Where the traditional view sees organizations as
production machines, bionomics sees organizations as intelligent social
organisms. Where conventional business strategy focuses on physical
capital, bionomics holds that organizational learning is the
ultimate source of all profit and growth. 

If you have any more questions check out our website at
http://www.bionomics.org


Max Jacobs

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Viewing the economy as an ecosystem
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