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z2003-02-27- Emergence Vs Infrastructure
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by BillSeitz
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Oct 25, 2007 6:30 am |
Adina Levin on Emerg Ence vs Infra Structure. But looking at Greenwich Village as an example of ant-like emergent behavior misses a lot of the story. There is a large substrate of of social and cultural structures that enable these unplanned activities to create a pleasing and diverse order. The neighborhood has sewers and clean running water. Without these, the city neighborhood would harbor endemic infectious diseases. There is a Fire Department which protects the block if a single house catches fire. There are people with the technical and project-management skills required to design and repair plumbing, heating, and electrical systems. A colony of ants couldn't create Greenwich Village. Neither could a tribe of hunter-gatherers (Tribal Ism). There are underlying levels of Infra Structure - some of which require Plann Ing - in order to enable the higher-level decentralized behavior.
Why not? --2003/10/13 04:31 [GMT]
I don't see that this is true. Termite colonies can certainly build cooling systems in their mounds. And you can replace a sewage system with composting toilets or septic tanks etc. It's true that a decentralized process is unlikely to construct the same infrastructure systems we currently have beneath our cities. But that doesn't mean they couldn't build equivalents under equivalent cities. --Phil Jones
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