RE: Deming vrs Hayek: designed systems vrs spontaneous systems

["Mack, Wayne" <wayne.mack@pec.com>]

> From:	Carlos H. Méndez [SMTP:carmende@ufm.edu.gt]
> The "taxis" have a aim, but "cosmos" dont, they just come to exist. 
> 2) ...in order do make a better use of the resources, according to Hayek,
> if
> we do what Deming recomends,  1) we limit the complexity and size of the
> order that can be generated; 2) we will not make the best use of the
> available  resources. In Hayeks view, we should not try to join the parts
> into a specific aim, we only need to define the "abstract norms"
> of interaction. The real challange is stablising what "abstract norms"
> provide a better use of the resources.
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How does Frederick Von Hayek propose we evaluate an improvement
in a cosmos system?  

When an aim exists, I can evaluate changes against an aim to 
determine whether improvement has resulted.  Lacking an aim, changes 
will just be changes with no indication whether they are improvements or 
degradations.  

How would you determine an improvement in a cosmos system?

Wayne Mack