Caro Pedro e cari tutti, mi permetto di segnalarVi che la mia "Nuova economia" è basata sul processo di tras-in-form-azione. Si cfr. a tal proposito, fra i tanti altri: -Rizzo F., ""Valore e valutazioni. La scienza dell'economia o l'economia della scienza", FancoAngeli, Milano 1999; -Rizzo F., "Nuova economia. Felicità del lavoro creativo e della conservazione della natura. Infelicità della speculazione finanziaria", Aracne editrice, Roma, 2013; -Rizzo F., "Incontro d'amore tra il cuore della fede e l'intelligenza della scienza. Un salto nel cielo", Aracne editrice, Roma 2014. Ho dedicato mezzo secolo di ricerca per ri-comprendere e ri-significare la scienza economica. Quello che scrivo non è una presunzione. Auguri per un'intensa ripresa e grazie. Francesco Rizzo.
2014-06-05 14:25 GMT+02:00 Pedro C. Marijuan <[email protected]>: > Dear FISers, > > Among the many interesting themes where the information science > perspective may provide useful orientations, cities are one of the most > singular. A recent work by Michel Batty on the New Science of Cities (2013, > MIT) makes a lot of connections with our oft discussed info topics. A > Communication Theory of Urban Growth was developed by Richard Meier (1962); > a fluxes perspective was already attempted by Patrick Geddes (1949). In > essence I have found that the idea of information flows and material flows > as catching and intertwining each other, with their highly different > regimes, heterogeneity and energy contents, appears as an important focus > in order to better understand the globalized city. Scaling is one of the > essential concepts... > > I am not aware that scaling has been applied to the informational analysis > itself (obviously it is the cornerstone of self-similarity). What I mean is > that a micro-level of communication analysis may be quite different from > the meso-level, and the from macro-level. Thinking in the human case > (biologically it could make sense too) the micro level is dominated by > syntaxis, by a Shannonian type of analysis on messages emitted from a > sourced to a receiver. The meso level contains meaning, value (fitness), > purpose, and in general it implies the communication associated to the > behavioral episodes and living rhythms of individuals. While in the macro > level, many individuals' actions, works, products, etc. are aggregated into > fluxes or flows, basically of two kinds those devoted to the material > (self-production) and those carrying the info stuff devoted to > communication; then it invites analysis of network science, operations > research, economic efficiency, etc., and of course the direct flow > perspective as Bejan and Peder (2011) have attempted in one of the most > interesting theories on self-constructing flow systems. Depending on the > information perspective in which we observe human communication, we will > need one or another lens to better make sense of what is happening. > > My impression is that a more mature info science could be quite helpful in > this new field of urban development science --most people nowadays are > living in cities. Top down planning will fail if it is does not match with > the bottom up processes, both in communication and self-production aspects. > Keeping an adequate social flow of information, a well-mixed regime of > communication, is the essence of democracy. The contemporary "epidemics of > loneliness" for instance may be due among other social and demographic > causes to failures in bureaucratic high level planning... > > best ---Pedro > > PS. After the nasty computer crash months ago, we should try to enliven > the list--shouldn't we? > > -- > ------------------------------------------------- > Pedro C. Marijuán > Grupo de Bioinformación / Bioinformation Group > Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud > Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Aragón (CIBA) > Avda. San Juan Bosco, 13, planta X > 50009 Zaragoza, Spain > Tfno. +34 976 71 3526 (& 6818) > [email protected] > http://sites.google.com/site/pedrocmarijuan/ > ------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Fis mailing list > [email protected] > http://listas.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis >
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