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DIARY: August 20, 1995 03:51 PM Sunday; Rod Welch

Continued edits to NWO article for PMI publication.

1...Summary/Objective
2...Complexity and Mental Summarizing Cause Mistakes
3...Information Highway Compounds Impact of Mistakes
4...Risk of Communication Mistakes Compounds Like Nuclear Power
5...Communication Engineer
6...Communication Definition


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SUBJECTS
SDS Marketing, Advertising
Writing for Publication
PMI, Publishing Articles, New World Order needs old time religion
New World Order - Information Highway
Complexity Requires Technology/Specialists
Details Disconnected from Management
Information Highway Pandora's Box, Risk of
Confusion No Time on Information Highway,

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1011 - Summary/Objective
1012 -
101201 - Followed up work at ref SDS 5 line 59. Hard to believe but spent
101202 - another entire day fine tuning the paper.
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1015 - Progress
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101601 - I considered moving the cite and explanation of George Gilder's
101602 - Law of the Microcosm to the beginning of the paper, but ultimately
101603 - changed my mind.
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101606 - Complexity and Mental Summarizing Cause Mistakes
101607 -
101608 - Added explanation of why the fact that the mind automatically
101609 - sumarizes complexity and that life is becoming more complex, causes a
101610 - problem.  Some people may feel:
101611 -
101612 -       "So what?  The mind is doing what it is supposed to do.
101613 -
101614 -    I added language that a more complex world makes it more difficult
101615 -    for the mind to link back to the original details from the summary,
101616 -    leading to more mistakes, ref OF 2 line 415.
101617 -
101618 -       [Later added Aristotle quote on small mistakes causing large
101619 -       problems, to further show why this is needs attention, ref OF 2
101620 -       line 36, ref SDS 6 line 74.]
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101623 - Information Highway Compounds Impact of Mistakes
101624 -
101625 - Sharpened the explanation initially created at ref SDS 2 line 218, of
101626 - the New World Order causes more mistakes with wider impact because our
101627 - modern tools step across geography. Changed example of this to the
101628 - "derivitive" loss that occurred in Hong Kong, and mentioned Orange
101629 - County where derivitive losses were very severe, ref OF 2 line 442.
101630 - Did not mention derivitives specifically, because this is just a
101631 - particular type of error.  The general problem of quick and pervasive
101632 - impact from mistakes is the main point.  The problem is not with
101633 - derivitives, but with the lack of a metric.
101634 -
101635 -      [See later article on information entropy by U.S. Air Force, ref
101636 -      SDS 7 line 302.]
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101640 - Risk of Communication Mistakes Compounds Like Nuclear Power
101641 -
101642 - Added language that the New World Order means the cost of error can
101643 - skyrocket, ref OF 2 line 461. Used the metaphor of nuclear power and
101644 - strategic defense to support the claim that harm that can happen
101645 - quickly and widely increases the value of avoiding mistakes.
101646 -
101647 -    This applies the idea that Communication Metrics is a sound Risk
101648 -    Management program, ref SDS 1 line 203.
101649 -
101650 -      [See later article on information entropy by U.S. Air Force, ref
101651 -      SDS 7 line 302.]
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Communication Metrics

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120401 - Communication Engineer
120402 -
120403 - Added language to define communication metrics and the duties of the
120404 - Communication Engineer, a little better on the last page, ref OF 2
120405 - line 1249, which is now page 8.  Included creating organic subject
120406 - structure which relates to the Gilder's Law of the Microcosm, ref OF
120407 - 2 line 1287.
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120411 - Communication Definition
120412 -
120413 - Defined on the last page ref OF 2 line 1232, the idea of communication
120414 - as leadership, understanding and follow up, per work on 950327 to
120415 - define Communication Metrics. ref SDS 1 8492  Explained leadership
120416 - will remain a constant in the New World Order, but understanding and
120417 - follow up require new methods.
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120801 - Sent this via internet to Bill DeHart for review and comment.
120802 -
120803 - Sent this to Morris also, but have not yet analysed his comments in
120804 - detail, received at ref SDS 5 line 94.
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