SUO: Negotiation Instead of Legislation

["Mark Estes" <mdestes@austin.rr.com>]

John:

In other contexts Herbert Simon

 

http://www.santafe.edu/~shalizi/notebooks/simon.html

 

considered the *bargaining problem* one of the most difficult to define. The distinction between legislation and negotiation is more clear than a *practical* definition of negotiation. Specifically, item 5 of your *answer* states:

 

Negotiate revisions and adjustments only if different systems make contradictory claims about the canonical graphs.

 

Are differences between claims *systems make* perceived (e.g., by the system? its creators? its users? or some combination thereof) as a starting point for negotiation?

 

I appreciate your contribution to this intersting discussion.

 

Mark Estes, Architect

mdestes@austin.rr.com