Well there is an increased tempo already whenever a force that is considered "outside" comes into the local environment or has an obvious influence on that local environment. The original blog post which contained that quote related to Barnett's idea of having the Core nations (Old and New) export their rule-sets to Gap nations; and, to Robb's ideas about how some, seeing the pressure exerted by states, react to that pressure by trying to "kill the state." Barnett's problem, or his paradox, arises because the very existence of an "alien" force (new to the local environment) automatically increases the tempo — cognitive tempo, at least. I.e., not only is there an assumption of authority by the alien force, but this assumption is clearly seen by the native populace and creates questions precisely related to how or whether that alien force can serve as a dependable delegate for the populace. Naturally of course, it is difficult to see an invader as one's own delegate—because the invader was never delegated. [The etymology here is very interesting, by the way.] For the purposes of the larger blog post above, the idea originally used in terms of Barnett/Robb might gain more traction if we consider the way that the so-called "shrinking world" is coming into conflict with a "more complex world" —exterior influences abound, most of them alien and most of them automatically impinging on the local environment.

Long time no reply; sorry. Been busy. My general idea is that, if such a thing exists, it is by no means being widely disseminated. And of course this is major part of the problem — assuming, again, that such a thing exists.

I thought that was obvious?

Sorry about the problems you've had commenting on Typepad. I've written a response to your comments in a new blog post here: http://curtisgaleweeks.typepad.com/blog/2011/02/addenda-to-the-worldviewer-in-the-world.html

Thanks, I will check that out!