Looking for Habibie factor
Looking for Habibie factor
According to Buckminster Fuller, the famous American
philosopher and scientist, synergy "means behavior of integral,
aggregate, whole systems unpredicted by behaviors of any of their
components or subassemblies of their components taken separately
from the whole". The universe is omnisynergetic. It is an open
system and operates on the basis of antientropy. Nothing is lost
in the universe.
In applying this concept of synergy, our national critical
failure appears to be a direct result of a nonsynergetic
operational governmental system. Each part of the government
system operates independently of each other although seemingly
harmonious and united under the facade of "loyalty to the central
government". This was achieved by handpicking those community
leaders, governors, representatives, etc. who would support the
government through loyalty, obedience and "mutual understanding".
Leaders are primarily not elected by the people. Synergy can
occur only if there is an open communication and link between
people and the government. Since there is no synergy, the
phenomenon of corruption, collusion and nepotism -- known by the
Indonesian acronym KKN -- can be understood. This loss (entropy)
is the price you pay for running a closed and nonsynergetic
system.
For synergy to occur, the forces of the macrosystem and
microsystem structures have to interact in the same way to form
economic equilibrium patternings. The government has a duty to
create a system that will enhance synergetic operation of the
nation so waste will not occur. If President Habibie was able to
predict down to details the phenomenon of metal fatigue and
cracks, known as the Habibie factor, then he should be expected
to be able to calculate and develop a governmental system that
would allow a synergetic operation to occur. This could be called
the "Habibie factor No. 2", assuming that he succeeds in coming
up with the mathematical formula of the Indonesian synergetic
system.
I think we all should support him to come up with the formula
so that all the entropic phenomena in Indonesia such as futile
undue deaths, killings, starvation, riots, violent
demonstrations, KKN, layoffs, natural disasters, crimes, economic
deterioration, repressive security measures, pollution, etc.
could be minimized. To do that, President Habibie needs only to
open direct dialog with people such as students, rectors,
professors, scientists, philosophers and spiritual leaders.
Why not open a weekly radio talk show? He needs to be directly
accessible to the people to hear them and not surrounded by the
bureaucratic, antisynergetic energy clouds.
K. PRIBADI
Cimahi, West Java