dissipative systems / input-output processing / definition control systems / information processing / living system model also to systems / intelligent global computer network / social systems / automated distribution network / oil pumping installations / circulatory system transport networks / subsequent processing stage / matter-energy / chemical processes / adaptive systems / autopoietic systems / control systems / still usable products / autopoietic network / little energy / waste products / mining / oil / steel rods / communication networks / model organism-like systems / chemicals / diverse systems / final matter processing subsystem / food / steel / energy / /
Movie
Big Brother / /
Organization
Free University of Brussels / Francis HEYLIGHEN CLEA / army / /
Person
William Powers / Stalin / Hitler / James Grier Miller / /
Position
circulatory system transport networks Producer / model / scientific model of global society / central controller / producer / living system model / controller / /
submitted to: Journal of Social and Evolutionary Systems The Global Superorganism: an evolutionary-cybernetic model of the emerging network society Francis HEYLIGHEN