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Holistic Darwinism: Synergy, Cybernetics, and the Bioeconomics of Evolution
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In recent years, evolutionary theorists have come to recognize that the reductionist, individualist, gene-centered approach to evolution cannot sufficiently account for the emergence of complex biological systems over time. Peter A. Corning has been at the forefront of a new generation of complexity theorists who have been working to reshape the foundations of evolutionary theory. Well known for his Synergism Hypothesis—a theory of complexity in evolution that assigns a key causal role to various forms of functional synergy—Corning puts this theory into a much broader framework in Holistic Darwinism, addressing many of the issues and concepts associated with the evolution of complex systems. Corning's paradigm embraces and integrates many related theoretical developments of recent years, from multilevel selection theory to niche construction theory, gene-culture coevolution theory, and theories of self-organization. Offering new approaches to thermodynamics, information theory, and economic analysis, Corning suggests how all of these domains can be brought firmly within what he characterizes as a post–neo-Darwinian evolutionary synthesis.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book is generally good, mainly about synergy in biological systems. But when he discusses social systems his systems theory is not good enough. He writes that politics is THE cybernetic subsystem of society. The way I put it is that society continues to exist because all the subsystems exert cybernetic control over each other. Law and states are among those social control subsystems but almost all of them are voluntary. Religions are among the social control subsystems that are necessary for the cybernetic self-control of society. But not all religions are theistic. My own atheistic religion is my own synthesis of atheistic humanism, Buddhism, Quakerism, and neopagan nature worship. My religious duty I have set for myself is to exert cybernetic control for the better in all aspects of global society, especially to guide us toward global sustainability.
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