Thursday, 24 October 2013

Classification of people

  1. those who follow procedures if they are told what to do and idle if they do not have procedures
  2. those who look for procedures and use them at will
  3. those who are consciously selecting the best procedures to apply in a given situation
  4. those who can modify procedures 
  5. those who create new procedures based on a procedure
  6. those who plan a system of procedures for whole communities 
These features of action are enough to create a perfect beehive or an ants' nest. People form empires with these rulemakers, ruletakers, and rulebreakers.

DIVIDE 
and then there are 
those who see their own problem solving and thinking as something that is subject of development(pruning and seeding and educating) and learning
they get a feedback loop going that allows them enjoyment from how their thinking progresses and insights made
I think there are other types in here as well but... other than the ones who love to share what they do and socialise with other types in collectivly inspiring eachother in the team...

It is perhaps better to see these as strategies activity and then group people by the intensity or frequency of using each strategy.

Wednesday, 23 October 2013

Exploiters and labourers or just free exchangers

Producers-consumers provides one framework in which to see grave exploitation and the injustice of forced condition of labour for low wages. In another framework we can see people as exchangers. Some exchange labour for wages others provide some of their capital for others' labour. While the latter seems much more neutral and less politically charged it has lost an aspect, one which we should not disregard. It is the aspect of freedom. Labour moves very slowly into a better position in a constant tug-o-war from contract to contract and always begins at a very low wage, while the entrepreneur can sack and rehire as long as there is a steady supply of the unemployed.