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From: Greg Fisher <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 7:21 PM
Subject: Synthesis - Social v Natural Complex Systems
To: Michel Bauwens <[email protected]>
Dear Michel,
*Social vs Natural** Complex Systems*
*"*We might think of imagination as an emergent property of individual
human beings. It is probably fair to say that *what we imagine* will be
socially constructed but our ability to imagine results from our DNA and
therefore evolution. One of the important phenomena that arises *
collectively *i.e. within social systems, as a result of imagination is *
reflexivity*. This concept is less commonly understood and discussed than
it ought to be...*"*
In this article I discuss an important issue for those of us who seek to
use the complexity sciences to make sense of social systems and to inform
public policy, which is the distinction between natural and social complex
systems. It's important not to put people on a pedestal for the sake of
self-flattery but we should also appreciate some fundamental differences
between these two systems else we might end up mapping framings from the
natural sciences inappropriately and underemphasising issues like
reflexivity.
http://www.synthesisips.net/blog/social-versus-natural-complex-systems/<http://synthesisips.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5c4cc0cbd91536cfdc1561804&id=a8682b9fac&e=5dae7162d8>
Best wishes,
Greg Fisher
Managing Director
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