The transfer space

Friedrich, T. (2010): The transfer space.

Abstract

Within the transfer space substrates (material and energy) are selfishly transferred from source to sink to optimize productivity of one or both sides. Under certain conditions this will lead to a productivity increase of the whole ensemble. The present day view that cooperation is the most productive interaction between organisms is an illusion. Whenever two not identically equipped parties meet with the potential to exchange substrates one party will become a source and the other a sink. This is realistically called exploitation. The outcome depends on the relation between fix cost, variable cost, productivity and affinity. Brute force and educational conditioning used by the sink take advantage of emotions to hide the real size of the cost to the exploited party. In case the transfer of substrates leads to increased productivity parts of the productivity might be reinvested to keep the exploited party. The lasting relationship is called wise exploitation. Wise exploitation may last for one or many generations depending on the use of brute force, education or breeding. All actions have to be viewed under thermodynamic considerations and the benefit must always exceed the cost to maintain a stable system. This hypothesis explains observations from catalytic networks to societies. In addition, the transfer space is also a model to understand the decision process under external influence in a single economic entity.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: source; sink; wise exploitation; brute force; education; emotions; hope; hate; fix cost; variable cost; productivity; game theory; cooperation; prisoners´ dilemma; benefit; cost; transfer space; symbiosis; saturation function; predator; prey; stability; self sustaining; evolutionary stable; food chain; law of conservation of mass and energy; arms race
• Subjects: J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J10 - General; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C7 - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory > C70 - General; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q2 - Renewable Resources and Conservation

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