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NESTED HIERARCHIES. “Ecosystems are hierarchal. Systems are nested within systems. A given subsystem becomes part of a larger system. With this hierarchal structure comes the connectivity necessary for energy and information flow between systems.” https://lnkd.in/gA5rxGc View in LinkedIn

DISTANT BUTTERFLY. “Feedback systems that respond to a number of different unpredictable influences result in the complexity and unpredictability that we see in Nature’s ecosystems and their organisms.” https://lnkd.in/gA5rxGc View in LinkedIn

UNPREDICTABILITY. “Nature’s systems are not predictable because the effect of Nature’s feedback loops is non-linear. A nonlinear relationship is one in which the cause does not produce a proportional effect.  These non-linear relationships result from the systems feedback mechanisms which are, in turn, usually driven by unpredictable influences external to the organism being affected.” https://lnkd.in/gA5rxGc View in LinkedIn

EMERGENCE. “Complex patterns can be generated from feedback mechanisms in simple processes.” https://lnkd.in/gA5rxGc View in LinkedIn

DEEP CONNECTION. “Every object or organism within a system is influenced by its own actions as well as its surrounding environment.” https://lnkd.in/gA5rxGc View in LinkedIn

FEEDBACK CONTROL. “A concept that is central to all complex systems is feedback. Feedback provides self-control  within a system.” https://lnkd.in/gA5rxGc View in LinkedIn

SWARM ENERGY. “In the course of contributing to the group’s collective behavior, every individual in a complex system both transports energy and transforms energy.” https://lnkd.in/gA5rxGc View in LinkedIn

SWARM BEHAVIOR. “We can easily view complex collective behavior in bird flocks, animal herds, and fish schools where each individual creature follows relatively simple rules with no central control or leader. It is the collective actions of vast numbers of these individuals that give rise to the complex, hard-to-predict and changing patterns of group behavior.” https://lnkd.in/gA5rxGc View in LinkedIn

COMMONALITY. “Different complex systems in Nature, such as bird flocks, immune systems, brains, and human social systems have much in common. These commonalities include complex collective behavior, the ability to pass information and energy, feedback, and hierarchal structures.” https://lnkd.in/gA5rxGc View in LinkedIn

QUANTUM BIOLOGY. “The interaction between members may occur with immediate neighbors or distant ones. The members can be all identical or different. They may move in space or occupy fixed positions. They can be in one of two states or have multiple states.” https://lnkd.in/gA5rxGc View in LinkedIn