Category Archives: Bootstrapping Complexity
Notes – Closed Systems
“In system-science terms, we say Earth is materially closed. The Earth is also energetically/informationally open: sunlight pours in, and information comes and goes.” “”Closed” means separated from the flow.” “”System” means interconnected. Things in a system are intertwined, linked directly
Notes – Closed Systems
“In system-science terms, we say Earth is materially closed. The Earth is also energetically/informationally open: sunlight pours in, and information comes and goes.” “”Closed” means separated from the flow.” “”System” means interconnected. Things in a system are intertwined, linked directly
Notes – The Emergence of Control II
“The Jungians say that the self is taken to be “the original psychic state prior to the birth of ego consciousness,” that is, “the original mandala-state of totality out of which the individual ego is born.” To say that a
Notes – The Emergence of Control II
“The Jungians say that the self is taken to be “the original psychic state prior to the birth of ego consciousness,” that is, “the original mandala-state of totality out of which the individual ego is born.” To say that a
Notes – The emergence of Control I
“The result of Wiener’s book [Norbert Wiener] was that the notion of feedback penetrated almost every aspect of technical culture. Though the central concept was both old and commonplace in specialized circumstances, Wiener gave the idea legs by generalizing the
Notes – The emergence of Control I
“The result of Wiener’s book [Norbert Wiener] was that the notion of feedback penetrated almost every aspect of technical culture. Though the central concept was both old and commonplace in specialized circumstances, Wiener gave the idea legs by generalizing the
Notes – The Natural Flux
“John von Neumann, who thought of life in mathematical terms, said, “living organisms are…by any reasonable theory of probability or thermodynamics, highly improbable…[However] if by any peculiar accident there should ever be one of them, from there on the rules
Notes – The Natural Flux
“John von Neumann, who thought of life in mathematical terms, said, “living organisms are…by any reasonable theory of probability or thermodynamics, highly improbable…[However] if by any peculiar accident there should ever be one of them, from there on the rules
Out of Control or Bootstrapping complexity
A few years ago I started reading “Out of Control” by Kevin Kelly, but for some reason I didn’t ever finished (and I feel a shame of myself). Not because it’s not worth reading but because perhaps “out of time
Out of Control or Bootstrapping complexity
A few years ago I started reading “Out of Control” by Kevin Kelly, but for some reason I didn’t ever finished (and I feel a shame of myself). Not because it’s not worth reading but because perhaps “out of time
Free mind on "free space" 