Complex Organization Specifications Initial Conditions Constraints Drivers Dampers Feedback Loops Negative Loops PositiveLoops Goals Cultural Type Strange Attractors Cash is the strongest strange attractor in a capitalist culture. In our current cultural space a million dollars is a very good attractor, so a billion dollars should be the spatial equivalent of a black hole. Values are the strongest values for cultural creatives. Goals are the strongest attractor for potential mothers. Constraints System - Mission Values Principles People Constraints Subcultures Cultural Creatives Explorers Members Family Subculture: Green Cultural Creatives Personality: Cultural Explorer Type Education: Bachelors Degree Age: 18 to 48 US: Citizenship Associate High School Degree Founder - Key Constraints First BS Science Cultural Edge - male Documented Low Income Simplified living min 20 years Multicultural Forties Initial Teams - Key Constraints Intelligent Beautiful Educated Cultural Edge - female Escorts or adult entertainment Education - Teachers Business - MBA, Accountants Board of Directors Self - Organizing 150 Members Place: California USA Subculture Characteristics Membership Organization Self - Organizing Strong internal coupling provided by social, financial and genetic bonding. Weakly coupled to external environment by housing system and financial support. Mission Statement Our Mission is to democratize information through the investment and development of human capital. At the cell level it's biotechnology; ensuring each cell develops to it's potential At the species level it's insuring all members of our species develop their potential Values Our values are similar to green cultural creatives Principles Our governing principles fall under five principal themes Conservation Energy Information Space Complexity Theory Business Culture Human Brain Evolution Sustainablity Local Global Adoptabiity Class Family Form Culture Human Capital Investment and Development Stress and degradation Investing and Developing Human Capital provides the best returns. Excess mental or physical stress degrades human capital. Conservation of Energy, Space and Information Drivers Cultural Stress occurs when the natural system conflicts with cultural system Natural System Drivers Environment Reproduction and Socialization Quality of Life - Subsistance needs Cultural System Drivers Financial Consumerism T.V. values and beliefs Internal Growth is driven by cultural problems career women are facing regarding reproduction External Growth will be driven by our success and the capitalist system. Feedback Loops Sate of Individuals:Quality of Life State of System: Emotional, Social, Financial and physical. Financial Corporate Net Income = (Total Membership Income gross - simplifed living expenses)/2 Member contribution = contribution (cash + unpaid labor) - simpified living expenses) Members Individual Net Income = Normalized portion of half of the corporate income Genetic Family Members - contribution counted as continuing investment Associate Members - contribution counted as membership fees. Resource Information Goals Vision Income: Wages and Salaries Real Estate Small Business Expenses: Economies of scale Simplified living Internal labor force Science & Technology Artificial Reproductive Technologies Information Technology Complexity Theory Internet Complex Systems Family Complex System Social support Emotional Support Reproduction Socialization Village Complex Systems Housing Food System Apparel System Transportation Education Entertainment Corporate Complex Systems Information System Management Insurance Real Estate Finance Self - Managing Work Teams William H. Lasley Jr. Thinker back home