2010年6月19日 星期六
論文
(我跟他說 借他雷將軍的回憶錄 將趙鐵頭等的中鋼創立事績都寫出了 可是沒有趙先生在東海的演講般 transforming 它改變我產業之志)
我還建議他妹妹的英文譯稿 可在家族先傳閱 將英文修得更好
一 句話 "我看"整本書的校正稿在10月份再給相關者 目前我手中無任何稿
*****
三呆兄前年的出書計畫不知怎回事了 甚念
(張文亮先生的書 兩周前我們談過的 只是"我大學(中原)生生活"
看來 必須要求所有冠"榮譽教授"者出回憶錄
按 上回民德兄說 如今論文氾濫成災 四似有必要要求升上教授者 只能再發表5篇論文
--- 我忘記跟他說 H. A. Simon 死後還留一些論文 他的家族將它們發表在比較無名的專業刊物 每位主編都寫感謝信 .....)
我認為之所以沒專書
主要的原因是你是"完美主義"族
忘掉自己說的 "先求其有 再求其好"
我則反是 雖然我手頭還有約8本譯稿待出
我說一故事
今午我碰到D公司朋友Ken 他在1999年買過一本書 (我賣出3500本)
他 說該書之錯字等頗多
我給他的信:
"謝謝您的許多資訊 (除了書之外 還有介紹朋友)
當然朋友越多越好
我尤其盼望能讀你的The Leader Handbook 校書 ---我自己也有一本校書
如果你真的找出遠比我多的問題
我考慮將該書出版修正版"
(當然我自己也開始寫我的書)
*****
昔日在東海讀 Camus 之 The Plague
印象中最深的是書中有一人 發誓寫書
不過 似乎老是在"第一段"的文字障中迷路
*****
我很佩服Dr Deming 的筆記和貢獻
上次與寬仁師喝咖啡時
說Deming "鞠躬盡瘁"
他說物 理學家費曼也是
(然後他接 集集兵工廠的邀請電話)
我心想 這 我的文章
豈不是要再加幾筆
2010年6月17日 星期四
2010年6月16日 星期三
2010年6月15日 星期二
2010年6月8日 星期二
Ghost in the Machine
A holon (Greek: ὅλον, holon neuter form of ὅλος, holos "whole") is something that is simultaneously a whole and a part. The word was coined by Arthur Koestler in his book The Ghost in the Machine (1967, p. 48). Koestler was compelled by two observations in proposing the notion of the holon. The first observation was influenced by Nobel Prize winner Herbert Simon's parable of the two watchmakers, wherein Simon concludes that complex systems will evolve from simple systems much more rapidly if there are stable intermediate forms present in that evolutionary process than if they are not present. The second observation was made by Koestler himself in his analysis of hierarchies and stable intermediate forms in both living organisms and social organizations. He concluded that, although it is easy to identify sub-wholes or parts, wholes and parts in an absolute sense do not exist anywhere. Koestler proposed the word holon to describe the hybrid nature of sub-wholes and parts within in vivo systems. From this perspective, holons exist simultaneously as self-contained wholes in relation to their sub-ordinate parts, and dependent parts when considered from the inverse direction.
Koestler also points out that holons are autonomous, self-reliant units that possess a degree of independence and handle contingencies without asking higher authorities for instructions. These holons are also simultaneously subject to control from one or more of these higher authorities. The first property ensures that holons are stable forms that are able to withstand disturbances, while the latter property signifies that they are intermediate forms, providing a context for the proper functionality for the larger whole.
Finally, Koestler defines a holarchy as a hierarchy of self-regulating holons that function first as autonomous wholes in supra-ordination to their parts, secondly as dependent parts in sub- ordination to controls on higher levels, and thirdly in coordination with their local environment.