On 22 Jun 98,, Julian So wrote:
> > "Allopoietistic" fits, but hey, I think I'll hit reload for another card
> > without that word on it ;)
>
> I'd be surprised if you run across it in any meeting. I think one of the
> more enthusiastic site visitors submitted that word. Webster's online has
> no definition for the word. Anyone want to give it a shot?
Sure...
"The process of producing material entities other than those required for producing
them. Most industrial production processes are allopoietic: An assembly line may
produce cars but not the machines used in this form of production. Even
reproduction in biology is allopoietic because the offsprings are materially distinct
from the parent organism and occupy different spaces. Reproduction is not self-
production. The primary value of the concept of allopoiesis is that it contrasts with
AUTOPOIESIS."
- PRINCIPIA CYBERNETICA WEB
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ASC/ALLOPOIESIS.html
Anything else you'd like to know? <g>
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