[MD] Stacks

[Magnus Berg]

Hi Platt

On 2010-07-31 16:54, Platt Holden wrote:
> I think all the stacks would be a lot more powerful if they included art and
> beauty. As David Gelerntner, no slouch when it comes to computer science,
> put it on the opening page of his book, "Machine Beauty:"
>
> "And when we return numb and weary from a round of shoveling the grim, gray
> snow of life, beauty is the hearth, beauty's the fire, beauty's the cup of
> coffee (the fragrance, the saucer's clink, the curl of cream) that makes the
> whole business seem almost worthwhile. . . . Strangely enough, beauty is
> also a truth-and-rightness meter, and science and technology could not exist
> without it."
>
> The MOQ template also falls short of acknowledging the power of art and
> beauty. While it offers  some relief from the hard-nose, measurement-bound
> interpretation of reality, it too needs more transparency to the level that
> "passeth all understanding, i.e., Whitehead's ". . . apprehensions of things
> to obscure for its existing language."
>
> So I'm putting beauty at the top of each stack because for me it's power is
> felt across the board.

You're making an important point here. I'm probably (or should that be 
definitely), not making a very good job at conveying the importance of 
beauty in neither that stack diagram or in my posts generally. I'm more 
into hard facts and seemingly objective knowledge.

However, if the beauty you're talking about is what's at the top of 
every level, isn't that really Quality you're talking about?

	Magnus