[extropy-chat] Halliburton and world-scale operations

[Lifespan Pharma Inc.]

Rik van Riel wrote:

>On Sat, 3 Sep 2005, kevinfreels.com wrote:
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>>Is there a company out there that is more capable and better at handling 
>>the job and is willing to do it for less?
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>Also, would you want disaster recovery work done by companies
>that cut corners in order to be cheaper than competitors ?
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The question is how do you determine when value for money spent has been 
achieved and
when has a service been over compensated, not precisely who is 
delivering it.

So long as there is a way to benchmark this the function of a 
competitive bid system has been duplicated.

The problem is that there is a lack of world scale operators.
China or other nations are lacking in this world scale enterprise I am 
assuming.
The only world scale enterprises outside the USA might only be military 
in nature
which makes their bidding on USA domestic contracts unthinkable for the 
world-view of North America.

The answer would be for the military forces of countries to have a 
commerical activities function.

Perhaps a new role for a consortium of multinational forces?
Will we soon become mature enough as a species to think this way?
It seems evident to me that expending resources on conflict-wars etc is 
dragging down the potential
of humanity  to make the singularity a reality.  

The core question is:
Does conflict serve any useful purpose in a technologically advanced 
society or is is merely a disease
lingering from more primative times?





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