Self-Protection
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system to a certain part, but inhibits any action associated with it. | system to a certain part, but inhibits any action associated with it. | ||
It is characterized by a loss in the flow of information, or | It is characterized by a loss in the flow of information, or | ||
| - | in the members of the system. | + | in the members of the system. |
| - | * A trainer of a sports team feels pain if his players are banned from the field, and he cannot | + | It is for every person and organization unpleasant if the income drops |
| - | * A general | + | while the spendings increase. For an organization, especially the |
| - | * A bishop | + | departments which have very high costs and zero revenue contribute |
| + | to this unpleasant situation. In companies, there is a capital inflow | ||
| + | and capital outflow (usually in form of products). If there is a sink | ||
| + | for the capital flow in between, it becomes painful for the company: | ||
| + | a department or product which has cost lots of time and money but | ||
| + | never results in real money from customers is very unpleasant. | ||
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| + | A conflict between members or a loss of good members is unpleasant, | ||
| + | especially if they cannot be replaced by suitable members of the same value: | ||
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| + | * A trainer of a sports team feels pain if his best players are banned from the field, and he cannot replace them with suitable new players | ||
| + | * A general feels pain if his army loses in a continued campaign lots of soldiers, and he cannot replace them with new ones | ||
| + | * A bishop feels pain if his church loses lots of members, while the number of new members is sinking, too. A chief of a political party will do the same | ||
| + | * A CEO feels pain if his company loses a lot of employees which take valuable experience with them, if he cannot replace them with suitable new ones | ||
Like other self-properties, self-protection can have severe consequences | Like other self-properties, self-protection can have severe consequences | ||
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diseases result from at least three different interacting components: | diseases result from at least three different interacting components: | ||
genetic, environmental and regulatory. | genetic, environmental and regulatory. | ||
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| + | == Links == | ||
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| + | * SEP Entry for [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pain/ Pain] | ||
[[Category:Self-Star Properties]] | [[Category:Self-Star Properties]] | ||
