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    Mathematical Analysis of the Nobel Peace Lectures
    Mathematical Analysis of the Nobel Peace Lectures
    Mathematical Analysis of the Nobel Peace Lectures
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    Mathematical Analysis of the Nobel Peace Lectures

    By Robert Perrine

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    This book examines the Nobel Peace lectures for uses of affection, attention, affiliation and time. Those lectures contain a rich pool of material describing advanced concepts for social maturity. The recurring themes are calls for world police, elaborated treaties, mutually beneficial agreements and optimism about our future.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRobert Perrine
    Release dateJul 9, 2012
    ISBN9781452486840
    Mathematical Analysis of the Nobel Peace Lectures
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    Robert Perrine

    Robert is a wayfarer on this journey through life. He was born in Pennsylvania and now resides in California. During his career he has been a civil engineer, computer programmer, professor and a project manager. Throughout this journey Robert has tried to fit all the pieces together into a holistic framework. His goal now is to describe an integrated model of psychology that he found by delving deeply into a study of project management.

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      Mathematical Analysis of the Nobel Peace Lectures - Robert Perrine

      Mathematical Analysis of the Nobel Peace Lectures

      By Robert E. Perrine.

      Smashwords Edition.

      Copyright 2010 Robert E. Perrine.

      Copyright

      Copyright held by Robert Perrine and Marlene Weldon, Porterville, California. You may not copy or distribute this document without advanced written permission from the document authors. Contact Robert E. Perrine at http://www.robertperrine.biz.

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person. If you are reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use, then please go to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Acknowledgements

      This book is dedicated to people on a journey. We push, pull and jostle along seldom realizing that we are all traveling the same path. We begin with nothing and we end with nothing. Along the way we accumulate some mixture of love, friendship, knowledge and wisdom. We struggle because none of us can do this journey alone. What is remarkable about the Nobel Peace Prize recipients is their ability to help others who also struggle with this journey. Those recipients are an inspiring group. My goal in this book is to glean a few morsels of wisdom from those exceptional people.

      Disclaimer

      I have biases that should be disclosed before we proceed. I was born in the USA and I have been greatly influenced by that culture. I have been fortunate to work with and for people from other countries. Those work experiences erased some of my stereotypes and created other erroneous impressions. My primary occupation is project manager which means I have a bias in favor of change. I am also a Protestant and I study the Protestant faith. I have a preference for the Quaker (Friends) concept of faith although I have also been a Methodist and a Presbyterian. When I vote, I tend to vote liberal or progressive.

      The reason I like mathematical analysis is that it helps me overcome those biases. I have worked with enough people from other cultures to believe that it is possible to share concepts that rise above our cultural backgrounds. I leave it to you to judge whether or not I succeed in presenting an unbiased account in this study. I hope you agree that the trends I identify in this study are relevant to humanity.

      Table of Contents

      Overview

      Section 1: Social Maturity

      Section 2: Coping Styles

      Section 3: Roles

      Section 4: Common Patterns

      Section 5: Recurring Patterns

      Section 6: Summation

      Overview

      The question that we must ask is whether we are making progress toward the goal of universal peace. Or are we caught up on a treadmill of history, turning forever on the axle of mindless aggression and self-destruction? Has the procession of Nobel Peace laureates since 1901 reflected a general movement by mankind toward peace? (de Klerk; 1993)

      F. W. de Klerk asked that poignant question in his 1993 Nobel Peace lecture. My goal in this book is to affirm the hope that we are making progress while documenting the recurring footprints on our shared treadmill. There are repeating patterns which suggest we all travel the same well-worn path. There are patterns that show that our treadmill is also carrying us to a brighter future. The Nobel Peace Prize recipients describe both patterns. They are a select group chosen to represent the best in humanity.

      The patterns I describe in this book have four dimensions: affiliation, affection, attention and time. This book will be of interest to you if you want to learn how the Nobel Peace Prize recipients arrange their use of affiliation, affection and attention to get things done. Those people achieved some of the greatest results in human history. I selected them for this study because I want to learn how they did what they did.

      In the first section in this book I describe the patterns of affiliation that demonstrate social maturity. We learn, over time, to organize larger groups. Anwar Al-Sadat, for example, learned how to organize his political party, his national direction and then he worked to give life to his vision for regional peace. Each increment in his growth required collaboration with larger groups of people. His Nobel Peace lecture is a point in time measurement of his ability to affiliate. The entire set of Nobel Peace lectures provide a glimpse into the range of abilities demonstrated by the recipients.

      In the second section of this book I describe the intersection of affection and attention that defines our ability to cope. Tawakkol Karman, for example, expresses her ability to oppose the enemies of freedom, while Liu Xiaobo copes by reminding us that he has no enemies. Both describe techniques for dealing with oppression. The Nobel Peace Prize recipients are a select group chosen for their ability to find peaceful solutions to difficult problems. Taken together, they express a diverse pattern of productive responses that worked.

      In the third section I describe the roles people play. Compare the following expressions of compassion from Muhammad Yunus and Mohamed ElBaradei.

      By defining ‘entrepreneur’ in a broader way we can change the character of capitalism radically, and solve many of the unresolved social and economic problems within the scope of the free market. (Muhammad Yunus; 2006)

      Imagine a world where every human being would live in freedom and dignity. (Mohamed ElBaradei; 2005)

      Yunus focuses on a specific technique for helping people deal with a specific problem. ElBaradei speculates about a new arrangement that will benefit everyone. Both act with love. Both call our attention to the problems we face today. And yet each has a different role to play in helping the world move along the path to universal peace and prosperity.

      In the fourth section in this book I compare the patterns described by the Nobel Peace Prize recipients with the patterns described in the inaugural addresses made by the USA Presidents between 1901 and 2011. The comparison of those two specialized groups highlights the underlying influence world events have on each of those groups. The graphic shown on the cover of this book is a result of the analysis in section four. That graphic shows four discernible peaks in the combined social maturity expressed by the Nobel Peace Prize recipients and the USA Presidents. It also shows the valleys between those peaks. The first three sections of this book build the foundation so that we can explore this trend.

      The historic trends described in the fourth section are displayed in the words expressed by individuals. Individuals follow recurring patterns. In the fifth section I illustrate the similarities and differences between a few key individuals. In the fifth section I project into the future. This fifth section builds upon the concepts defined in the first four sections. Please have patience with the profusion of vocabulary in the first four sections. We need that foundation so that we can find the recurring patterns.

      The final section summarizes my conclusions. The patterns suggest there are four recurring strategies: world police, elaborated treaties, mutually beneficial agreements and futuristic visions. When you reach the end

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