Materials for Two Theories: TIMN and STA:C

How and why four cardinal forms of organization — tribes, institutions, markets, networks (TIMN) — explain social evolution. How and why space-time-action cognitions (STA:C) explain people's mindsets.

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Blog update in two parts: (1) blog on hiatus

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A quick videogram in two parts: This part one observes that this blog is on hiatus, pending my continued recovery from the effects of a rea...

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

TIMN in 20 minutes: a video presentation

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Here’s a video that offers an overview about the TIMN framework, its system dynamics, and some future implications. It was filmed at my hom...

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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Praise for “monitory democracy”: a concept attuned to TIMN (Part 2 of 2)

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As noted in my Part-1 post on monitory democracy, I’m always on lookout for concepts that may help show how the +N (network) part of TIMN m...

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Praise for “monitory democracy”: a concept attuned to TIMN (Part 1 of 2)

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I’m always on lookout for concepts that may help show how the +N network part of TIMN may unfold in the future. John Keane’s concept of “mo...

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Miscellany: Cyber war isn't the same as cyberwar — or is it?

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Although cyberwar is no longer a priority interest for me, I still follow it a bit. Mostly via topical postings at a handful of blogs.* And ...

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Beware of “monstrous moral hybrids” — a TIMN perspective

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In preparing for Part IV of this blog’s ongoing series on the Occupy protests, I’ve realized that something should be said about “monstrous ...

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David Ronfeldt: Professional status: retired from RAND since 2008. Fields: first 20 years, U.S.-Latin American security issues (Mexico, Cuba); next 15 years, worldwide implications of the information revolution (cyberocracy, cyberwar, netwar, swarming, noopolitik, the nexus-state). Current goals: finish quadriform framework about social evolution (past, present, future); finish social cognition framework about people's space-time-agency orientations. Publications: mostly online at rand.org and firstmonday.org.

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