>>over time from immediate value to post OS event value. This matches the >>basic concepts of "dissipative systems". My thought is that Open Space >>could be used as a "snap shot" of the real culture systems in an > >Rich, > >my understanding of dissipative in the context of ffednoldcas-os is the >"sucking up" of energy not the wasting of it. > There is no 'o' in ffednldcas-os, which may be short for far-from-equilibrium,dissipative, non-linear, dynamic, complex, adaptive self-organising system (with or without the commas ?? !!!) at least that's how I was taught it by Prof Hooker
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