A coincidence of events this week has led me to a surprising (and perhaps controversial) insight: war is not as complex as it may seem; at least compared to times of peace, it may even be fairly simple. During war there is a concentration of purpose. When we’re not at war, activity is less focussed, [...]
September 2007
My concept of the ‘philosophy of enterprise’ (or philosophy of business, or ‘enterprise theory’) isn’t just a collection of ideas and theories about the practice of business – like those promoted by journalists, consultant-gurus, and business school professors. It is a higher mode of generalization, integrating existing knowledge into a more inclusive theoretical field, with [...]
[This post is a preface to the Draft Enterprise Model post.] As with my Résumé/Manifesto, the Draft Enterprise Model is an older piece of work (from June 2007) that I’d be just as happy never to see again; but I think it at least helps to give a more comprehensive impression of my background and [...]
[Originally written in June 2007, unless otherwise noted. See the The Practice of Theory: Prefacing the Draft Enterprise Model.] Introduction: This is a germinal outline for a very open business model, for a very open and adaptive type of enterprise. Open Conceptual was founded for the purpose of developing intellectual resources, and one such resource [...]
Before you read my Résumé/Manifesto, I want to call your attention to a recent essay by Paul Graham, a successful computer programmer and writer, who first came to my attention a few years ago via Arts & Letters Daily. (Graham’s essay about essays has stayed with me ever since; it’s why I call my posts [...]
[Originally written in March, 2007... It was the first complete & coherent thing I wrote outside of school. It's far from well-written, but the background behind everything I do is in here... somewhere (it demonstrates more than it articulates).] Contents: i. A Résumé, a story about itself, a creative consummation… ii. Common points of reference / [...]
The first thing that I think of when posed this question is that the question itself has two meanings: “What is the meaning of the word life?” and “What is the meaning of what the word life refers to?” Obviously we need to take care of the first question (if that’s possible), before we can [...]
I should make my intentions for Open Conceptual a little more clear. It isn’t just a blog. This blog is sort of a seed from which (I hope) a more concrete enterprise may develop. For that to happen, I need other people to be involved (and for other people to become involved, I need to [...]
