typo in my Re: A Story from OZ

Denis Hitchens denisch at alphalink.com.au
Thu Apr 13 22:50:16 PDT 2000


>>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

slippery little sucker



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