Dear John,
Thank you for the note. You said:
>Consider the "food processor"...it chops, cuts, slices, dices, minces,
>etc., etc., but it is not the evening meal. It is a part, but not the only
>part, not the required part, not an irreplaceable part, not a part that
>will always do what the operator requires. It is used for a lot of things
>which can be done, or not, by other means, by other processes.
>The system, then, could be seen to be the overall meal; it takes planning,
>money, the "right" ingredients, interaction with others (or not), people
>to eat, chairs, a "home" in which to eat, lights to see by, electricity
>and/or gas....and so on. Get the picture.
I like the image. It seems that most of the things you list as processes
are tools with the exception of planning. To continue the image, would
processes be planning the meal, buying the ingredients, preparing the
food, setting the atmosphere, inviting the guests, orchestrating the
dinner and cleaning up afterwards?
Would the system be a process in a larger system, such as entertainment?
The image may be stretched here.
Sincerely,
Jon
Name: Jon C. Jenkins
E-mail: imaginal@pop.pi.net (Jon C. Jenkins)
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