To all,
if you want to follow this thread, some of us already do, look at Fritjof Capra
The Web of life and Humberto R. Maturana, et al - The Tree of Knowledge : The
Biological Roots of Human Understanding. There are also good sources on the web
concerning autopoiesis. These are sources
n Behalf Of
familyf...@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 1999 4:33 PM
To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
Subject:Re: Autopoiesis
Earlier references to self-orgaizing systems drew me to something I read a
while ago that is relevant to OS. It is from "A Simpler Way" by Marga
rana and
Francisco Varela, believe that this capacity of a self to create itself
distinguishes the living from the dead. They name this process 'autopoiesis'
- meaning self-producing. LIfe began with this ability to self-produce. All
living systems have this ability to create themsel
