A very important alchemic scripture is translated

[Dream]

He constantly (tries to) keep them without knowledge and without
desire, and where there are those who have knowledge, to keep them
from presuming to act (on it). When there is this abstinence from
action, good order is universal.

That is a very old management trick that works wonders. In that case however it sounds not like harmony but instead stratification because the implementor is separate from the implement-ees. A company party (for instance) is often as effective as a small bonus. Perhaps that situation should be reserved for gods only, because it certainly can create them. I can see why you prefer minimal government.

[seattlegal]

Originally Posted by Dream

That is a very old management trick that works wonders. In that case however it sounds not like harmony but instead stratification because the implementor is separate from the implement-ees. A company party (for instance) is often as effective as a small bonus. Perhaps that situation should be reserved for gods only, because it certainly can create them. I can see why you prefer minimal government.

Slight tangent to the topic, but your post reminds me of Megadeth's Symphony of Destruction

[Dream]

Yeah, that music fits. I'm sure I've heard that somewhere before, too.

There are 64 (or 2^6) hexagrams in Wen's system. There are only 2^6 = 64 permutations in six binary bits. Wen has used every permutation of the yin-yang lines on his hexagram wheel, which is similar to a chart of the possible patters held by 6 computer bits. The difference is the arrangement. Computer bits are arranged for ease of mathematical manipulation, while Wen's lines are arranged for symmetry. The I Ching system also defined operators much like the XOR, and OR operators in computing. It must have been very interesting for I Ching'rs when the Computer Revolution suddenly took over the world.

[seattlegal]

Originally Posted by Dream

Yeah, that music fits. I'm sure I've heard that somewhere before, too.

There are 64 (or 2^6) hexagrams in Wen's system. There are only 2^6 = 64 permutations in six binary bits. Wen has used every permutation of the yin-yang lines on his hexagram wheel, which is similar to a chart of the possible patters held by 6 computer bits. The difference is the arrangement. Computer bits are arranged for ease of mathematical manipulation, while Wen's lines are arranged for symmetry. The I Ching system also defined operators much like the XOR, and OR operators in computing. It must have been very interesting for I Ching'rs when the Computer Revolution suddenly took over the world.

The "moving lines" in the hexagrams could be considered analogous to XOR in that it flips bits, but it uses different rules, and arises from the coding itself. It is used as an indicator that always predicts change for the area from which it arose, rather than the "not always changed" results from XOR, (which is applied from the outside, rather than arising from the data itself.) If you look at the way the I Ching operators are determined, you will see that it is based upon probabilities, as quantum physics computations are, while XOR is based upon a formula, like classic physics. (Does this mean that if we ever develop quantum computers, the I Ching operators will be more applicable than the formulas used in today's computers?)

[Dream]

What can be automated?

Designing a computer is finding a way to mask undesired quantum results, so that you have a predictable answer every time. We already have in the labs some quantum devices that can mimic a coin-toss, but how is that better than a human being that tosses a coin?

Predictability has always been the result of relative scale. If you are large and I am small, then I will seem to you faster and more unpredictable. To me, you will appear slow and moving in a single predictable direction, like the 'Instantaneous' vector of a planet or star. The smaller I am, the more random I appear to be to you, whether I am truly random or not. When I was new to the forum I was unpredictable, small, and poorly understood. The existing players were large, well known, and relatively predictable.