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cybernetics

simply synchrony: rhythmic  structure of complexity

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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Philosophy

Applied Field Logic: Mathematical Foundations

Applied Field Logic proposes that persistence is not found in things, but in maintained relationships. This paper develops the mathematical foundations of that claim.

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cybernetics

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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cybernetics

Applied Field Logic: Climate Change

We require forms of language capable of representing continuity without losing the ability to act locally within it, models capable of preserving the relationship between part and whole without reducing one to the other.

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politics

please explain: xenophobia

Xenophobia does not stop a changing world. It converts psychological vulnerability into political power.

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cybernetics

strait of hormuz

The more instability surrounds the Strait of Hormuz, the more valuable it becomes. The paradox is that a prolonged conflict may be increasing the strategic importance of one of Iran’s most powerful sources of leverage.

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cybernetics

trust

Authenticity is not destroyed by media so much as converted into an interface problem: a carefully arranged background, a handful of familiar signals, and the strange little theatre by which the network teaches the self how to appear real.