[...]ons,
endogenous,
endogenous 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'>]
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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
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.
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
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(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'>]
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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'>}
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.
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(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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