Burgess COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess

TVM thoughts . . .

From: Joe Mondello 6:27 PM (21 hours ago) To: me, John

Hi Peter and John,

Just mulling over some thoughts/questions re: TVM MDIA and figured I’d send them along for whatever it’s worth . . .

Looking forward to our first lunch of the New Year!

Joe

Some thoughts . . .

1. Is TVM an array of (7?) specific numbers? Is there an overarching 'Burgess Number?' A 'Burgess Constant?' Or is TVM better represented as a set of relationships (simple? complex? to what extent?) which includes numbers (and constants) and might also include additional dimensions such as 'direction,' 'momentum,' 'velocity,' 'acceleration' etc.?

2. MDIA Multi-Dimensional Impact Accounting. How can these relationships be adequately represented both mathematically (arithmetically?) and visually/graphically (static or dynamic)?

3. Can we excise 'an impact' from the system and look at it separately or does that dissection kill the organism? Can we think in reductionist terms or must we use a systems approach?

4. How are analogous dimensions in living organisms and communities measured and represented now? How might we utilize what already works? How might we improve on existing models through development of the 'MDI' part of this story?

5. What part if any do the conservation laws apply to how impacts 'travel' through our system? Do these effects ripple out at a constant rate? Does the rate change (slow) or can it possibly accelerate?

6. Can we segregate a financial system from social systems or are they always inextricably linked as socio-economic?

What of the individual? Can we speak to an individual result of systemic change in any meaningful way? Personalizing results -- even simply for the sake of creating a representative example -- has always been the most powerful (empathetic) play in data representation.