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Degrees Of Freedom: Living In Dynamic Boundaries (Paperback, New edition)
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Degrees Of Freedom: Living In Dynamic Boundaries (Paperback, New edition)
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Drawing especially on insights emerging from studies of the
cellular networks formed by fungi, this book describes the
fundamental indeterminacy that enables life forms to thrive in and
create inconstant circumstances. It explains how indeterminacy
arises from counteraction between associative and dissociative
processes at the reactive interfaces between living systems and
their surroundings. It stresses the relevance of these processes to
understanding the dynamic contexts within which living systems of
all kinds - including human societies-explore for, use up, conserve
and recycle sources of energy.By focusing on dynamic boundaries,
the book counterbalances the discretist view that living systems
are assembled entirely from building-block-like units - individuals
and genes - that can be freely sifted, as opposed to channeled, by
natural selection. It also shows how the versatility that enables
life forms to proliferate in rich environments, whilst minimizing
losses in restrictive environments, depends on capacities for error
and co-operation within a fluid, non-hierarchical power structure.
Understanding this point yields a more compassionate, less
competitive and less self-centred outlook on life's successes and
failures.
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