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<p>I love it when Glen (or anyone) introduces new terms which offer
nuanced alternatives to the more simple/obvious/direct/blunt
terms. i.e. Anastamosis vs
Resectioning/Bypassing/Self-Healing/Network-Refactoring/Adaptivity?</p>
<p>I think this is the ideation behind my questions about the
emergent BRICS+ vs NATO+ structure/dynamics:<br>
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<p>If we look at political structures, they too struggle with
over-reification. Systems idealize permanence, but political
reality reveals itself in shifting alliances, the ebb and flow
of influence, and the redirection of resources in response to
new pressures. As software structures grow in complexity, they
parallel political and social constructs, often calcifying in
ways that resist needed changes. In this context, anastomotic
computing could offer a sort of “wuwei for code,” emphasizing
responsiveness and transience over rigid structure, letting code
act in harmony with shifting needs rather than forcing it into
premature stasis.</p>
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<p>I can't help but believe that this over-reification is part of
the ever-active wheel of evolution... the "over" reification is
relative to the parts/subsystems of the emerging "system" but this
stasis is what provides the stability for the higher level (more
aggregate?) system to now explore a whole qualitatively new suite
of "adjacent possible affordances".</p>
<p>I don't know if Glen is parsing this as convoluted word-salad
nonsense but if there were one implication I hope he weighs in on
or elaborates it is cryptic references to "levels" in the past
which *I* was only able to catch the gist of but suspect is
relevant to my hypo-thesis above?<br>
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<p>Tx to SG for (re?)introducing wuwei, have we discussed here (or
only over tequila at TVM) the Wuwei vs Stationary Action? Are the
ebb and flow of money and power and commodities among the
NATO+/BRICS+ superorganisms describable as Onsager relations? Are
our global geopolitical-economics a near-equilibrium system
(before the Nukes actually fly?).<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/1/24 3:32 AM, Santafe wrote:</div>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">I have to say, that qualifies as art.</pre>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">The idealists will never stop idealizing and then reifying their ideal. To Engineer is Human. But those of us who know (or merely confidently believe) reality is made up of a diverse non-wellfounded set of ... what? ... urges? ... nano-agents? ... IDK, whatever, will always anastomose that built environment ... or at least reclaim it like a hermit crab squatting in a tin can.
I like the visual and deeper concept, Glen. A kind of wuwei attitude.
sequeing impermanence of political structures to over-reified software:
Today at lunch, John Zingale lamented that the residence time of code in the system seems to be decreasing. Perhaps Anastomotic Computing is the next big thing.</pre>
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