OutofControl_TheNewBiologyofMachines,Soc.epub

QUT OF CONTROL OUT OF CONTROL THE NEW BIOLOGY OF MACHINES, SOCIAL SYSTEMS AND THE ECONOMIC WORLD KEVIN KELLY C 0 N T E N T S 1 THE MADE AND THE BORN 1 2 HIVE MIND 5 3 MACHINES WITH AN ATTITUDE 29 4 ASSEMBLING COMPLEXITY 57 5 COEVOLUTION 69 6 THE NATURAL FLUX 91 7 EMERGENCE OF CONTROL 111 8 CLOSED SYSTEMS 128 9 Pop GOES THE BIOSPHERE 150 10 INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY 166 11 NETWORK ECONOMICS 184 12 E-MONEY 203 13 GOD GAMES 230 14 IN THE LIBRARY OF FORM 258 15 ARTIFICIAL EVOLUTION 283 16 THE FUTURE OF CONTROL 312 17 AN OPEN UNIVERSE 332 18 THE STRUCTURE OF ORGANIZED CHANGE 352 19 POSTDARWINISM 365 20 THE BUTTERFLY SLEEPS 389 21 RISING FLOW 404 22 PREDICTION MACHINERY 420 23 WHOLES, HOLES, AND SPACES 450 24 THE NINE LAWS OF GOD 468 Acknowledgments 473 Annotated Bibliography 475 Index 501 1 THE MADE AND THE BORN I AM SEALED in a cottage of glass that is completely airtight. Inside I breathe my exhalations. Yet the air is fresh, blown by fans. My urine and excrement are recycled by a system of ducts, pipes, wires, plants, and marsh-microbes, and redeemed into water and food which I can eat. Tasty food. Good water. ......