Re: [Fis] Continuing Discussion of Social and Cultural Complexity

2007-02-19 Thread Igor Matutinovic
Dear Pedro regarding social openness: very tenuous rumor may destroy an entire company, or put a sector on its knees.. This can only happen if there is a fundamental reason for the company or the sector to get into trouble (e.g. time before the collapse the WorldCom had been in financial

RE: [Fis] Continuing Discussion of Social and Cultural Complexity

2007-02-19 Thread Loet Leydesdorff
Yes, Igor, I agree that we participate in two layers and with different capacities to differentiate (e.g., rationally). Our (and the politicians') reflexive capacities to communicate with a double (or even more complex) hermeneutics are limiting the capacity of the social system to process