One of the properties of complex adaptive systems is inherent order. It means that system can be orderly even without central control. According to Prigogine,1967, Holland,1998, and Kaufman,1995., self-organization is the key idea in complexity science. For example, termites build the largest structures on earth, yet there is no CEO termite. Similarly, there is no central controller for the stock market, the Internet, or the food supply of the big cities. However, anyway, I wonder myself, is there central controller for stock market, the Internet, or the food supply of big cities? What do you think?
I try not to think about it so as not to get upset.
As for self-regulation, it certainly works, but how? I'm not a termite specialist, but you can look at lemmings. Their number changes tenfold from year to year, do you think that this self-organization mechanism is applicable to people?
I try not to think about it so as not to get upset.
As for self-regulation, it certainly works, but how? I'm not a termite specialist, but you can look at lemmings. Their number changes tenfold from year to year, do you think that this self-organization mechanism is applicable to people?
In the ideal case, there should not be a central controller of stock markets, the Internet, and the society. All should be running according open and clear rules. Simple enough to grasp and being capable to remember, yet producing desired emergent properties.
Think about the cellular automaton "Game of Life" emergent entities/properties arising from them. Think about self-organized criticality describing 'avalanches' in stock markets.
But. But some people are cheaters, psychopaths, and sociopaths. They will try to break those rules. Some of them. They did so. They do so. And they will be doing so.
Hence, you end up with policing your system. The question is what happens when the policing force gives up and becomes a disruptor of the system on its own.
The whole thing becomes a multilayered game on police and thieves.
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