tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413206081402705643.post2500803816155692208..comments2023-09-20T05:39:50.009-07:00Comments on OR in Devon, UK: Should historians learn system dynamics?lookatstlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16624138600581153624noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413206081402705643.post-55321505736343016932016-12-30T11:47:54.432-08:002016-12-30T11:47:54.432-08:00Jeremiah Fanning is quoting from Isaiah chapter 5 ...Jeremiah Fanning is quoting from Isaiah chapter 5 verse 8, which reads "Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field till no space is left and you live alone in the land." On this passage, the commentator Matthew Henry wrote: "Here is a woe to those who set their hearts on the wealth of the world. Not that it is sinful for those who have a house and a field to purchase another; but the fault is, that they never know when they have enough. Covetousness is idolatry; and while many envy the prosperous, wretched man, the Lord denounces awful woes upon him." There is clearly a feedback loop hinted at in the prophet's words, but it is NOT the same as the one I am referring to in the blog. It is the feedback loop of personal covetousness, which is different from the societal behaviour in response to changed infrastructure of which I was writing. The verse from Isaiah is cross-referenced to several others which condemn unjust means for gaining land, and comes in that context in chapter 5<br />lookatstlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16624138600581153624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413206081402705643.post-14736410774080244442016-12-30T11:06:19.829-08:002016-12-30T11:06:19.829-08:00The article is the best way to see what we deal wi...The article is the best way to see what we deal with because of urban growth pattern. This reinforces the biblical view of how joining field to field or house to house is never the best way to live.<br />Jeremiah fanninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06954510064570066056noreply@blogger.com