[MD] On Balance: Dewey, Pirsig and Granger

[Case]

[Arlo]
Well I've heard "harmony" suggested. And there is Mark's "coherence". And
"sweet spot". Maybe "balance" has a connotation for you it does not for me.
In a previous post I got the idea that you took "balance" to equate to
"equal portions", and I want to make it clear that this is not what I mean
by "balance". I also do not mean it to be "equilibrium", as this implies to
me a system "at rest" (all SQ, "finished", to use Dewey's wording). 

[Case]
I like most of what you have been saying here Arlo, but I was personally
just starting to warm up to the idea of equilibrium as a replacement for all
those other terms. A system can be in a state of dynamic equilibrium. An
ecosystem for example has flows of energy going on inside it. The water
cycle is a state of equilibrium among the various matter states of water.
The economic system is a state of equilibrium where the exchange of goods
and services cycles.

[Arlo]
I'd say, within the MOQ, DQ is the force of movement and SQ is the force of
rest, and evolutionary movement occurs through their interaction. 

[Case]
How do you reconcile this with those who say DQ has no force at all.
Anything that can be described in any way shape or form is not DQ.