Comments on: Spire’s Fundamental Law of Internet Dynamics

By: kurt wismer

kurt wismer — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:58:12 +0000

well, i thought about it some more and here’s what i think the connection i’m seeing is…

‘goodness’ seems predicated on some degree of cooperation of many people to maintain (ie. not disrupt) existing systems and/or to build new ones… in so far as cooperation implies some level of coordination, ‘goodness’ could then be considered an expression of ‘order’…

by contrast, ‘badness’ has no need for cooperation or coordination, and as those things require effort/energy, ‘badness’ therefore requires less effort/energy than does ‘goodness’ and so is the more spontaneous of the two…

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 19:14:14 +0000

@Kurt – at the very least, it inspired me to change my title.

By: kurt wismer

kurt wismer — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 15:20:51 +0000

i can’t shake this feeling that there’s a connection to (or at least an analog to) thermodynamics in there somehow…

By: Security Incite: Analysis on Information Security

Security Incite: Analysis on Information Security — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 08:48:57 +0000

The Daily Incite – November 7, 2006

November 7, 2006 – #151 Good Morning: So its out there. Ive been a bit quiet on the blogging front and will be for most of November because Im writing a book. The Pragmatic CSO will arrive on January 2, and Ive got a lot of work

By: Chandler Howell

Chandler Howell — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 03:35:14 +0000

And you accuse me of just learning what a cold, cruel world it is!