> > > > That describes, in a jocular way, the concept of homeostasis. When > > the regular balances aren't enough, you just rely on your reserves of > > creativity. The reserves don't cover the gap for infinite strains > > tending rapidly toward infinity, just for some range of unexpected > > events. The interesting option is to figure out what the interesting > > options are. > > > > It seems reasonable to say that the parts and connectedness of our > system are experiencing increasing change. > This doesn't mean something generally frightening will happen, just > something we can't predict.
The conclusion is correct. The correct reason is not that the system is undergoing increasing change. It's that it is operating with a mechanism that will necessarily produce overwhelming change, and necessarily upset the processes producing it. > It is hard to say, especially in this > world of technology and concentrated wealth what compensatory > adaptations might occur, > how and by whom their are perceived, and > whether they will also tend toward infinity. but you can partition the universe of possible options for what one could do with a system of multiplying change and see which seem possible and interesting. > Necessity is the mother of invention. Yea, definitely. Seeing the necessity is very helpful, which is why I think it's worth pointing out. Once you see that explosive organizational development (growth) is the way all complex systems begin, and the ones that survive it (evident in great profusion throughout nature) let the destabilization of the multiplier have a constructive rather than destructive result, it gives you a template to try fitting to the popular assumptions for what we should do with the earth. One finds that some of those fit and others don't. That's useful! > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
