Manhood of Humanity Part 15

"We are the masters of our own destinies, the responsibility is ours to correct the mistakes of our ancestors and to establish a scientific philosophy, scientifically true laws, scientifically true ethics, and a scientific sociology, which will form one unified science of man and his function in the universe, a science which I propose to call 'Human Engineering.' Gantt's methods would be the first practical application toward this end.

"Gantt's concept of rendering service is scientifically true because it is 'time-binding,' and therefore true for the human cla.s.s of life and in human dimension. This is why Gantt's concepts have counted for so much and will survive 'IN TIME.' " Discussion by Alfred Korzybski of Mr. W. N. Polakov's paper "Principles of Industrial Philosophy" presented at the Annual Meeting of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, December 7-10, 1920.

LITERATURE

GANTT, H. L.:

"Work, Wages, and Profits." The Engineering Magazine Co., 1913. N. Y.

"Industrial Leadership." Yale University Press. 1916.

"Organizing for Work." Harcourt, Brace & Howe, 1919. N. Y.

Selection from Contents: The Engineer as the Industrial Leader. Economics and Democracy. Democracy in Production. Democracy in the Shop. Democracy in Management. "The Religion of Democracy."

POLAKOV, WALTER N.:

"Mastering Power Production." The Engineering Magazine Co. 1921. N. Y.

Selection from Contents: The Descent of the Principle of Production for Use. The Power Industry as an Economic Factor. Mastering Labor Problems.

(Conditions) Autonomous Co-operation. Aims of Labor. Right to be Lazy and the Right to a Job. Qualification of Men. The Working Day. Fatigue.

UNIVERSAL LABOR (_Corresponding exactly to Time-binding-Author_). The Position of an Engineer. Mastering Labor Problems. Compensation. The Social Aspect. The Economic Aspect. The Basis of Wages. Incentive Payments. Profit Sharing. Premium Places. Rewarding Individual Efforts.

Two-rate wages. Energy as a Commodity.

"Principles of Industrial Philosophy." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the A. S. of M. E., December, 1920.

"Equipment and Machinery." Y. M. C. A. a.s.sociation Press. 1921. N. Y.

"Organization and Management." Y. M. C. A. a.s.sociation Press. 1921. N. Y.

"Quo Vadis America?" In preparation.

STEINMETZ, CHARLES P.:

"America and the New Epoch." Harper & Brothers. 1916. N. Y.

Selection from Contents: The Individualistic Era: From Compet.i.tion to Co-operation. England in the Individualistic Era. Germany in the Individualistic Era. The Other European Nations in the Individualistic Era. America in the Individualistic Era. Evolution: Industrial Government.

"Incentive and Initiative." Y. M. C. A. a.s.sociation Press. 1921. N. Y.

WOLF, ROBERT B.: Pamphlets.

"Individuality in Industry." Bulletin of the Society to promote the Science of Management. Vol. I. No. 4. August, 1915.

"The Creative Workman." Technical a.s.sociation of the Pulp and Paper Industry. 1918. N. Y.

"Non-Financial Incentives." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the A. S.

of M. E. December, 1918. N. Y.

"Modern Industry and the Individual." A. W. Shaw & Co. 1919. N. Y.

"Securing the Initiative of the Workman." American Economic a.s.sociation.

1919. N. Y.

"Creative Spirit in Industry." Y. M. C. A. a.s.sociation Press. 1921. N. Y.

MISCELLANEOUS LIST OF BOOKS

VON BERNHARDI, General F.: "Germany and the Next War." E. Arnold, London.

1912.

BRANDEIS, LOUIS: "Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use it." F. A.

Stokes, N. Y. 1914.

THOMAS FARROW and WALTER CROTCH: "The Coming Trade War." Chapman & Hall, London. 1916.

HUEFFER, FORD MADDOX: "When Blood is Their Argument." Hodder & Stoughton.

1915. N. Y.

HAUSER, HENRY: "Germany's Commercial Grip on the World, Her Business Methods Explained." E. Nash Co., London. 1917.

LAUGHLIN, J. L.: "Credit of the Nations." Scribner's Sons, N. Y. 1918.

MAETZU, RAMIRO DE: "Authority, Liberty and Function in the Light of War."

Geo. Allen and Unwin.

DELAISI, FRANCIS: French Opinion, "The Inevitable War." Small, Maynard & Co., Boston. 1915.

NEILSON, FRANCIS: English Opinion, "How Diplomats Make War." B. W.

Huebsch. 1916.

BY A GERMAN (German Opinion). "J'Accuse!" Hodder & Stoughton, London.

1915.

FOOTNOTES

1 To digress a bit, it may be interesting to add, that population and the need of people increase in a geometrical progression; and also that the growth of individuals is limited by the fact, that they have to absorb their food through surfaces which as growth goes on increase only as _squares_, while the bodies to be fed, being volumes, increase in size as _cubes_ increase, as the cubes of the same base grow faster than the squares,

22 = 4, 23 = 8, 32 = 9, 33 = 27, and so on,

it is obvious, that in the infancy of an organism only a part of the food goes to maintain life, the larger part goes for growth; when the organism becomes larger, the absorbing surfaces, growing proportionally to the square, the food is spent to build the ma.s.s of the volume of the body and is spent proportionally to the cube.

Suppose our organism has grown to a size twice as large, its absorbing capacity has become four times larger, its volume eight times larger. In case of 3 times, the difference will be 9 and 27.