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This book takes a philosophical stance in exploring the implications in democratic and autocratic systems, for the global economy and natural environment, and for the possible future paths of humans on the planet Earth. Specific properties of large dynamic systems play a role in some of the implications."> <meta name=aesop content=sales> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" src="include/postage.js"></script> <meta name="google-site-verification" content="vxP4Qjn-BD_Thc4VNo4axUVtS2xx5Q13GwAMdiqeLL4" /> </HEAD> <BODY> <A NAME="index top"></A><FONT SIZE="3"> <DL> <DD>ANNOUNCEMENTS </DD> <DD>November 28, 2006. <b> A Better Organization: Facing Threats to Our Country</b> has been published, see <A HREF="http://wearedif.net/PR1128.html" target="_blank"> PRESS RELEASE</A><b>.</b> </DD> <DD>October 31, 2005. An electronic forerunner summary edition of <b> A Better Organization: Facing Challenges to Civilization</b> has been published as a PDF document on <A HREF="http://abetterorganization.net" target="_blank"> www.ABetterOrganization.net</A><b>.</b> </DD> </DL></FONT> <FONT SIZE="4"> <p>We Are Different, So What . . . <p> Natural environment, globalization, democracy, autocracy, utopias, economics, political economy are key words for this book by Lev Shakhmundes. Philosophy is another qualification to reflect on his attempt to get to the root of a number of social phenomena which mankind tries unsuccessfully to rid itself of. Reality checks for separating pragmatism from utopia, idealism and wishful thinking and for evaluating reformatory proposals emerge in the book.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p><TABLE ALIGN="LEFT"> <TR> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="images/cover.gif" WIDTH="130" HEIGHT="179" ALT="Front cover"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> &nbsp;</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="116"><A HREF="contents.html"><IMG SRC= "images/contents.gif" ALT="contents" width="116" height="20"></A></TD> <TD WIDTH="25%"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="116"><A HREF="foreword.html"><IMG SRC= "images/foreword.gif" ALT="foreword" width="116" height="20"></A></TD> <TD WIDTH="25%"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="116"><A HREF="author.html"><IMG SRC="images/author.gif" ALT="author" width="116" height="20"></TD> <TD WIDTH="25%"></A></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="116"><A HREF="order.html"><IMG SRC= "images/order.gif" ALT="order" width="116" height="20"></A></TD> <TD WIDTH="25%"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="116"><A HREF="progress.html"><IMG SRC= "images/progress.gif" ALT="progress" width="116" height="20"></A></TD> <TD WIDTH="25%"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="116"><A HREF="forum.html"><IMG SRC= "images/forum.gif" ALT="forum" width="116" height="20"></A></TD> <TD WIDTH="25%"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="116"><A HREF="privacy.html"><IMG SRC= "images/privacy.gif" ALT="privacy" width="116" height="20"></A></TD> <TD WIDTH="25%"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="116"><A HREF="links.html"><IMG SRC= "images/links.gif" ALT="links" width="116" height="20"></A></TD> <TD WIDTH="25%"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> &nbsp;<BR> &nbsp;</TD> </TR> </TABLE> <p><b>We Are Different, So What</b> </FONT> <FONT SIZE="3"> <p>By Lev Shakhmundes<p>ISBN: 0-9684418-0-7<p>November 1999, 100 pp<p>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;</FONT> <FONT SIZE="4"> <p>We are different between ourselves as individuals. Implications of this fact of Nature permeate all facets of every human society. The book takes a philosophical stance in exploring the implications in democratic and autocratic systems, for the global economy and natural environment, and for the possible future paths of humans on the planet Earth. Specific properties of large dynamic systems play a role in some of the implications. <p>Several parts of the book are published here. The Table of Contents and Foreword are reproduced in their entirety. The text of the first three chapters of Case Studies in the book is identical to that released on this web site on January 27, 1999. <p>You can gather more information about the book by viewing other pages of this web site. <p>Publishing the book in its entirety on the Internet is not in the plan. <p>This book gave an impetus to the work on <i>A Better Organization</i>, which grew out of the chapter <i>Is There a Better Organization?</i> &nbsp; <i>We Are Different</i> has also served as a framework of reality checks. You will find reports on the work's progress on the page Progress Updates. 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