Sublime

vom Standpunkt der ökologischen Stabilität, aber auch aus der Perspektive der größtmöglichen Fülle gesehen, die das Ziel des Lebens mindestens seit dem Urknall ist.

they reappear in recognizable form as you zoom in and out, from molecule to neuron to pixel to sidewalk.

A new metaphor: organizations as living systems

the interaction between the living organism and its environment is highly specific, as it depends on the sensorial tools evolution has developed in order to permit the recognition and proper interaction with its environment.

organisms are ultimately made up of the same atoms that make up inorganic matter, and of nothing else.

the interconnected network of living organisms that covers Earth’s surface is a “relaxation channel” for relieving planetary energy stresses, similar in function to a bolt of lightning, another dissipative structure.

What’s really happening within each city is a massive exchange of information across social and economic networks of people and organizations, all taking place on a complex infrastructural landscape of buildings, roads, pipes, and wires. For the most part there is no maestro; the properties of cities emerge from countless interactions of millions o

it results in a kind of cosmic ballet that plays out on stages that range from our bodies to the universe as a whole.