TABLE OF CONTENTS

Dedication

Timeliness of This Book

Preface

Our Colonial Frame of Reference

It Includes Everybody!

Common Sense Revisited

It's a Paradigm, Not a Paradox

A Bold Claim

 

Part I   The 12 Elements of Technidigm-2000

Chapter 1 A Simple Paradigm for All

Computers Can Not Do Everything

Common Sense Is Wisdom, Not a Gut Reaction

Only the Serious Need Apply

Why Technidigm-2000?

Twelve Parts

Chapter 2  The Four Paradigm Boundaries

Being "On-the-Level"

No Point Being Off-the-Level

Being On-the-Level: A Matter of Intent

No Greater Love Intent…

Different Kinds of Integrity

On-the-Level Integrity

It's Really All Relative

Insisting on Integrity and Ability

Basic Integrity

Movies and Television

What Do We Perceive as Being Entertainment?

Integrity and the Media

The Prime Task:  Always Being On-the-Level

What Is Integrity in a Technological Era?

The Incomplete Manager

Perfect Integrity

Incomplete Integrity

Integrity for a Lifetime

Problematic Integrity Has Root Causes

Trends in Integrity

Understanding Personal Integrity

Bigger Challenges

The Good and the Bad

Experience and Common Sense

Real Life Today vs. Options for Tomorrow

Real Off-the-Level People Described

Principles

Principles Lead to Integrity

Principles and the Media

Principles Are Us

Principles Result in Common Sense Solutions

The Interpretation Principle

Technology and Principles

Objectives

Objective Pursuit

Purposes Are Not Objectives

Space Program Objectives and Their Benefits

News Media Objectives

Context

Physics Problems Are Easier Than Social Problems

Knowledge Is Not Wisdom

Communication Provides Context and Enables Wisdom

Proper Context Is Elusive

On-the-Level Yet Out-of Context

Out-of-Context Equals Off-the-Level

Forecasted Contexts Can Be Off-the-Level

Context and the Legal System

A Life-Long Context of Integrity

Proper Use of Out-of-Context Experience

Experiencing Context

Context and Levels

Empathy Context

Media Context

The News Media and the Social Pendulum

Being In-Context is Dependent on Integrity

Relative Integrity and Context

Simplified Context

Chapter 3 Communicating with Levels

Four More Level Elements

On-the-Level Four More Ways

Level One - Opinions

Level Two - Facts

Level Three - Research

Level Four - Solutions

A 4.0 Grade

Simply Put: Four Levels of Communication and Ability

Level Four Perspectives

Becoming an Expert with Levels

Level One: Opinions

Level Two: Facts

Level Three: Research

Level Four: Solutions

Level Relationships

Level Three Synergy at Level Four

Chapter 4  Systematic Paradigm Solutions:  The Last Four Pieces

Systems Depend on Other Technidigm-2000 Elements

System Objectives

Managing Toward Objectives

Political Objectives

System Components

Components Determine System Stability

Citizens as Constitutional Components

Component Reliability

Human Components: Jury Reliability

System Resources

Resources for System Components

Off-the-Level Expenditures for Special Interest Groups

Resources as Functional Incentives

Time's Up!

Everything Is Relative

Consensus Is Not Compromise

Time Causes Existence

Timed Solutions

Instant Objectives

Enough Time?

Objectives Promote Time-Related Efficiencies

System Feedback

System Objectives

Off-the-Level, Incomplete Systems

Thinking In Terms of Systems Is Easy

Social Program Solution Systems and Political Feedback

 

Part II Technidigm-2000 Applications

Chapter 5   Level 1 Constitutional Examples.

The U. S. Constitutional System Is Born

Speaking of Principles

Constitutional System Design Principles

Constitutional Perfection

Constitutional System Upgrades

New Amendments

Constitutional System Design Principles

Going Forward with the U. S. Constitution

Suggestions for Level One Discussions

Chapter 6  Level 1 Political Examples

Political Topics

Political Party Systems from a Technidigm-2000 Perspective

Effective Political Action through Technidigm-2000

Anchoring Politics to Technidigm-2000 Common Sense

Principles in Politics

Systems and Politics

Politics Inside the Beltway

Political System Operations

Political Polarization

Political System Interfaces with Other Systems

Political Parties and the U.S.  Budget Process

A Sample Level One Opinion: Political Party Basics

The Guru of Common Sense

Thomas Paine, the Colonial Rush Limbaugh

Rush Limbaugh:  A Modern Thomas Paine

Political Conclusions

Level One Opinions on Political Parties as Systems

Campaign Financing

Politics Inside the Beltway

Political Conclusions

Chapter 7  Technidigm Applications in Government

The First Principle of Government

Government Employees as Solution System Components

Government Contractors as Components

Government Social Programs Are Not Systematic

Government Systems

Level 1 Opinions on Government

IRAQ WAR POLICIES AND SOLUTIONS

What About Government?

Principles, Objectives, Timing, and Context

Politics, Opinion, Facts and Solutions

The Real Objective

Feedback, Components, and Resources

History Is and Will Be

Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Chapter 8  Improving Our Culture with "Future" Common Sense.

Level One Opinions for Today and Tomorrow

Going Forward Level One Opinions

Going Forward with Technidigm-2000

Modern Parenting and Technidigm-2000

Appendix A Political Candidate Assessments

Step One: Self Assessments and Self Scores

Self Assessments and Leadership Evaluations:  Evaluation Maximum Points = 100

Technidigm-2000 Self Assessment Worksheet

Education (maximum 25 points):

Experience (up to 40 points):

Age Over 30 (up to 25 points):

Good Health/Fitness (up to 10 points):

The final category is INTEGRITY (up to 20 points)

Total Score (to 100 points): _____

Scoring the Opposition

Appendix B About the Author