[...]stable states,
chemical clocks,
aggregate,
consistency,
elementary atoms,
stratified structures,
="trms">interlocking (matching temporally),
="trms">species ='lgc'>--> (gene pool of a ...)='lgc'> = an organic stratified structure
stratifies structures involve simple form of ="trms">causal ="trms">relations='lgc'>---one arrow from cause to effect ='lgc'>[we can see this modality in the creation of institutions='lgc'>]
coal is the product of one of several types of mineralization that organic ="trms">matter can undergo, and submitted by “civilizations” to de="trms">posit intensive exploitation ='lgc'>--> flow of nonhuman energy ='lgc'>==> fuel its industrial revolution
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industrial age='lgc'> = the crossing of a bifurcation where previous autocatalytic dynamics come to form a self-sustaining autocatalytic loop.
(both) industrial revolution and biological evolution, they lack ='lgc'>[rpgressive direction nor consistent drive toward complexification='lgc'>---some ="trms">species complexity while others simplify
cities as real transformers of ="trms">matter and energy
cities are open or dissipative (esraf اسراف) ="trms">systems, with ="trms">matter-energy flowing in and out continuously
(in autocatalytic loops) the t="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rigger-flow ="trms">interactions='lgc'>: ="trms">interlocks a series of separately reproductive ="trms">systems into a single ="trms">interactive reproductive ="trms">system
anti="trms">market ='lgc'>---money='lgc'>--> mining regions ='lgc'>==> intensified coa extraction ='lgc'>==> iron production ='lgc'>-='lgc'>--> ='lgc'>[steam='lgc'>] mechanical energy ='lgc'>-='lgc'>--> cotton textiles ='lgc'>-='lgc'>--> flow of profits ='lgc'>===money='lgc'>==> experimentation with coal, iron, steam
="trms">skill / know-how='lgc'> = catalytic info
(info capable of bringing together and amplifying flow of energy and ="trms">materials)
economies of agglomeration (anbashtegi انباشتگی)
the law of diminishing returns (bazdeh nozuli بازده نزولی)
a point at which the level of profits or benefits gained is less than the amount of money or energy invested. (image)
illumination ='lgc'>--> coal gas
motorization ='lgc'>--> steam
knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge is an input of production which exacts high transaction costs. only where patents are perfectly enforceable will information be allowed to flow through ="trms">markets, else anti="trms">markets will prefer to ="trms">internalize it into their hierarchies. one way a corporate hierarchy may ="trms">internalize knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge is by funding a research laboratory.
at some point ="trms"nttrm="disturban">urban ="trms">societies would have reached a point of saturation, and the intensification would have ceased. but electricity ="trms">simultaneously increased the flow of energy and the potential uses of that energy.
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automated formal ="trms">systems ='lgc'>==> victory of analytical over ="trms">embodied knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge (the self-taught inventor of the 19th century)
='lgc'>--> unbalance of power between informal and formal knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge
(factory='lgc'> = planned autocatalytic loop)
the ="trms">science of centralization
="prgrph">-powerful computers allow the centralized control of geographically dispersed activities='lgc'>---coordinate and monitor compliance with central plans ='lgc'>==> ="trms">internalization of anti="trms">market institutions
the fully coexistence of the autocatalytic loops='lgc'>:
the digital / the energetic / the ="trms">material
='lgc'>==> accumulation of hierarchical structures
are computers evolving in the direction of ="trms">routinization='qstn'>?
="prgrph">-eroding the combinatorial richness of knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge and making flows of information ever more sterile='qstn'>?
future turns out to belong to hierarchies='qstn'>?
="prgrph">-human ="trms">history is a ="trms">narrative of ="trms">contingencies, not necessities, of missed opportunities to follow ="trms">different routes of development, not of a nonlinear succession of ways to convert energy, ="trms">matter, and information into cultural products.
='lgc'>[...='lgc'>]
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the gene tells the flesh='lgc'>: “you are a human” or “you are a...”
='strcls'>**the flesh does not know any organs, continues pulsing to its own rhythms
(how to understand) activities of processes in other spheres of reality
living creatures and their inorganic counterparts
(G. Simmons='lgc'>:) “the flow of energy and mineral nutrients through an eco="trms">system manifest themselves as actual ="trms">animals and plants of a particular ="trms">species.”
biomass='lgc'> = circulation of flesh
plants biting into the ="trms">system of solar radiation='lgc'>---capturing its sugars
in a sense “higher” ="trms">animals are just fancy decorations in an eco="trms">system
(decorative large predators)
eco="trms">system='lgc'> = succession of plant assemblages ='lgc'>==> stable states ='lgc'>==> climax
eco="trms">system='lgc'> = a blind groping from stable state to stable state in which each plant assemblage creates the conditions that stabilize the next one.
continental forest ='lgc'><='lgc'>--- stability ='lgc'>{the capacity to maintain a state with relatively minor ="trms">internal fluctuations='lgc'>}
islands ='lgc'><='lgc'>--- resilience ='lgc'>{the capacity to absorb major external and ="trms">internal fluctuations by switching between several alternative stable states='lgc'>}
cities ="trms">interaction with microorganisms
medieval cities ='lgc'>---islands='lgc'>--> ='lgc'>{-concentration of energies -low degree of ="trms">species heterogeneity (mainly humans)='lgc'>}
medieval European towns ='lgc'>-='lgc'>-='lgc'>--> isolated islands ='lgc'>{/heat /food-web /cultural='lgc'>}
cattle as storage devices
process of shortening and redirecting food chains
biomass ='lgc'>["="trms">natural” state='lgc'>] ='lgc'>-='lgc'>--> cooked biomass ='lgc'>-='lgc'>--> processed through the “civilizing” power of fire='strcls'>*
='lgc'>{raw ='lgc'>=/= cooked='lgc'>} ='lgc'>==> legend/myth
='lgc'>--> the cultural ="trms">materials that accumulated unconsciously, ="trms">sorted out by the pressure of the parasites themselves='lgc'>---germs and humans formed a meshwork
food ='lgc'>~ flow of flesh
culture is not a completely separate sphere of reality, but instead mixes and blends with flows of organic (and even mineral) ="trms">materials.
flow of genetic ="trms">materials
gene / eco="trms">system
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homogeneous ='lgc'>=/= heterogeneous
='strcls'>*genes tease out a form out of an active flesh
(genes ='lgc'>~) replicators began not only merely to exist, but to construct for themselves containers, vehicles for their continues existence.
="prgrph">-how these “replicators” created constructs out of flesh and bone ='lgc'>-='lgc'>--> then how did ‘self’ emerged in this='qstn'>?
(layers)
genotype .../.../.../.../... phenotype
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info ="trms">coded | self organizing | adaptive traits
into genes | processes (stable) | of a plant / ="trms">animal
human gene is variable du to='lgc'>: ='lgc'>{1-eco="trms">system 2-taboos='lgc'>}
(ancient) migrations ='lgc'>: vehicle for the mechanism of evolution that today is producing the greatest evolutionary effect, allowing the incorporation of new genes into established gene pools, enhancing ="trms">intrapopulation and reducing ="trms">interpopulation variability.
='lgc'>[leas normative and binding='lgc'>] to other cultures ='lgc'><-- culture ='lgc'>--> to the same culture ='lgc'>[central to ="trms">society='lgc'>]
strata='lgc'> = reproductive niche
(niche ='lgc'>: adjusted timing and quality)
hierarchy building='lgc'> = ='lgc'>{-homogenization (by a ="trms">sorting process) -consolidation (through ="trms">coding into legal, ="trms">religious, and other formal regulations)='lgc'>}
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limits of bounded rationality (عقل معاش aghle ma'ash='qstn'>?)
(Bounded rationality is ='thdf'>the idea that in decision-making, rationality of individuals is limited by the information they have, the cognitive limitations of their minds, and the ="trms">finite amount of time they have to make a decision.)
='lgc'>--> ='thdf'>for example soil loss, due to careless exploitation of the forests’ resources has been a constant threat to ="trms"nttrm="disturban">urban centers throughout ="trms">history. most ="trms"nttrm="disturban">urban civilization were able to pass their genes for only seventy generations before they ran out of soil ='lgc'>-='lgc'>--> although some ="trms">material and energy flows can be “="trms">socialized” (submitted to cultural control), in practice many are not.
(my ="trms">interest and work on ="nms">hayula is about='lgc'>:) the creative ="trms">morphologies that have always resided outside the (west versus east) homoestatic text of the self and other
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contemporary US film ="trms">bestiary ='lgc'><==
="lsts lst1">•EC comics ='lgc'>--> popular weird fantasy, ="trms">horror ="trms">science ="trms">fiction
="lsts lst1">•creepy magazine
="lsts lst1">•the twilight zone ='lgc'>--> ="trms">horror, ="trms">science ="trms">fiction, suspense, comedy
="lsts lst1">•film noir ='lgc'>--> flawed character hero ='lgc'><== german expressinonist cinematography
="lsts lst1">•crypto="trms">zoology (adventure)
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