Steve, Well,. there are rather practical sides to some kinds of top level views. You might notice, possibly, that wherever energy transfer is involved derivative continuity in developmental processes will be too. That tells you nothing at all bye itself, but might give you a great observation tool. I use it something like a change process magnifying glass. Where a natural system subject of interest displays continuities of energy flow, or any other similarly conserved property only changed by addition or subtraction, it may give you a clear view of the sequence of assembly (adding and subtracting steps) for the complex systems involved. Seeing how it's done naturally might give you ideas, or even help you replicate things of similar kinds.
Phil Henshaw NY NY www.synapse9.com From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Smith Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 10:44 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Classification of ABM's Doug - On the other hand, top (top, top, top) level views which result in such profound observations such as * Order matters, or * Complexity is, or * Taxonomies exist rarely hold much interest for me, unless they make the job of designing functional complex systems easier. Which is why I give you high marks for pragmatism! clip.
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