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cybernetics

towards a continuity theorem

Organised systems persist by reproducing the biases that make their own continuity more probable.

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Philosophy

before continuity

Nothing (and only nothing!) persists by remaining complete. Continuity emerges because every organised system must keep rebuilding the conditions of its own existence.

Categories
cybernetics

a theory of differential communication

Communication does not move through organised systems; organised systems emerge from the interference patterns of communication.

Categories
cybernetics

influence this: the probabilistic frequency structure of communication

Influence is the capacity of a communicative form to alter the probability distribution of future communication.

Categories
cybernetics

language as harmonic structure

Meaning is not stored in words; it emerges as harmonic structure through time.