Technology and conflict do not simply cause one another; they emerge from the same relational mechanism, where volatility, advantage, fear, and opportunity make their mutual reproduction increasingly probable.
Category: cybernetics
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some like it hot
Applying an extranumerary interdimensional eye to the complex, adaptive yet strategic dynamics of climate change.
Influence is the capacity of a communicative form to alter the probability distribution of future communication.
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pathological homeostasis
A political system that learns to survive and self-validate through conflict will eventually treat peace as the threat; dependency on conflict becomes intractable.
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conflict, continuity, complexity
Power that cannot justify itself through competence often turns to conflict as proof of necessity.
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not cybernetics
Dissimulation.
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optimise this
We remain perfectly capable of making catastrophically short-sighted decisions all by ourselves. The technology simply amplifies the incentives we have already normalised.
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knot clever: machine learning
The road to hell is paved with greedy algorithms.
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à plus tard
Enduring systems do not survive by resisting change, but by metabolising its consequences into temporary coherence.
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systems thinking
A school can teach systems thinking and still fail to recognise the system it has become. The paradox is not educational but civilisational: systems routinely develop the capacity to analyse (and acknowledge) everything except the conditions that organise and sustain their own perception.
Civilisations do not simply make choices. They fall into rhythms — and the future may depend on learning how to change the music.
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Applied Field Logic: Why?
The aim of Applied Field Logic is to provide a common mathematical language for describing (ie systemic) patterns of organised persistence.
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