[FRIAM] 6 to 1, 12/2 to the other

[steve smith]

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?

I think this is the ideation behind my questions about the emergent 
BRICS+ vs NATO+ structure/dynamics:

    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.

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".

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?

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?).

On 11/1/24 3:32 AM, Santafe wrote:

I have to say, that qualifies as art.

> 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.
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