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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: one_less who wrote (81590)	10/23/2009 3:24:41 PM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

<Efficiency is a concept but you can formulate an efficiency principle based on the idea.> I suppose, for example nature is the ultimate in efficiency... doing very little that is 'wasteful'. OTOH I would think you'd need to have a (higher) principle to "make efficient". Seems "efficiency" is a process to be directed towards or used on the principle or given set of 'rules'. Since we are no longer cave men (sniff!) we have a certain structure (society) who's rules we work within. So (to me) it seems efficiency (while a great idea) has to be aimed at, or work within society and it's goals. So (I think) we need to be asking 'efficient at what?'... for example simple monetary considerations may have little to do with societies (decided) overall goals and rules (princples?). As can clearly be seen in the invasion of Iraq. DAK