Elisabet Sahtouris | Features

From cells to organisms, ecosystems to Earth, bodies to businesses, the features of a living system are:Self-creation (autopoiesis)Complexity (diversity of parts)Embeddedness in larger holons and dependence on them (holarchy)Self-reflexivity (autognosis/self-knowledge)Self-regulation/maintenance (autonomics)Response ability to internal and external stress or other changeInput/output exchange of matter/energy/information with other holonsTransformation of matter/energy/informationEmpowerment/employment of all component partsCommunications among all partsCoordination of parts and functionsBalance of Interests negotiated among parts, whole, and embedding holarchyReciprocity of parts in mutual contribution and assistanceEfficiency balanced by ResilienceConservation of what works wellCreative change of what does not work well
From cells to organisms, ecosystems to Earth, bodies to businesses, the features of a living system are:Self-creation (autopoiesis)Complexity (diversity of parts)Embeddedness in larger holons and dependence on them (holarchy)Self-reflexivity (autognosis/self-knowledge)Self-regulation/maintenance (autonomics)Response ability to internal and external stress or other changeInput/output exchange of matter/energy/information with other holonsTransformation of matter/energy/informationEmpowerment/employment of all component partsCommunications among all partsCoordination of parts and functionsBalance of Interests negotiated among parts, whole, and embedding holarchyReciprocity of parts in mutual contribution and assistanceEfficiency balanced by ResilienceConservation of what works wellCreative change of what does not work well

About Elisabet

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Gaia's Dance

Bacteria Я Us

Earthdance

Biology Revisioned

A Walk Through Time

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Also Recommended


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Cosmology/science evolving

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The Butterfly Story


Living Systems

Nature's Lessons

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A Conscious Universe


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Dalai Lama

Money & Life

Death by Medicine

The Money Fix

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