ABSTRACT written by John: "The results of my prolonged research program on complexity are summarized and related to the primary purpose of the Panetics Society: the reduction of suffering on a large scale. These results are believed to be very relevant to the Panetics Society and, of much significance, to virtually every organization that is involved in society at large. My research program to study complexity began 32 years ago and has continued to this day. Every effort has been made to follow scientific ideals in conducting this program. Specifically, the effort has ranged from the study of foundations to the development of numerous empirical results under a variety of conditions that would surely have revealed weaknesses in the theoretical results. The empirical study, in itself, has taken place over a period of 20 years and has involved people on the major continents and organizations ranging in size from a few hundred people to several hundred thousand people. Under these circumstances, I believe that the principal results of this program can be reported with a substantial degree of confidence; and that these results are relevant to almost every organization that is engaged in working with social issues. "
I have no information on the outcome of this paper. Possibly he submitted it to a journal editor, or perhaps to a George Mason University department. I have no record, which seems strange because this seems a complete, finished article, with reference section and formal numbering, on which some action would have been taken.
Perhaps he never sent it anywhere because it was simply overlooked. I can see by the date written that Warfield was nearing the end of the last semester of the academic year, and it was the last year of his teaching at George Mason University. At the time he wrote this article, he was very busy preparing a series of lectures for videotaping, as well as packing and organizing the office for planned departure in June after the semester ended. (His official retirement date was September 1, 2000, or maybe August 31, 2000, but he had no further academic duties at GMU after the semester ended in spring of 2000.)
R.w. March 27, 2014
