Survival of the Cooperative

[Funda Oral]

from the essay :

"The researchers at the Santa Fe Institute have denominated self-organizing
systems Complex Adaptive Systems. The key word is adaptive, which indicates
that the system, be that molecular or human, is constantly adapting to its
internal and external environment seeking a better fit, a better way of
getting along in the world. This might also be called learning, for the
system is not only finding better ways to be, it is also remembering them
for future use. In short a body of knowledge is being built which will
enable higher levels of survival."

"Collective consciousness in this case is not to be confused with deep shared consciousness manifest in the Jungian archetypes, but rather a functional intelligence that appeared capable of observing a situation, consider the options, and then take concerted action – all without a word spoken and in an incredibly short period of time (minutes). How this works, I don’t have a clue, but in the situations where the collective consciousness became manifest I found myself reminded of the behavioral shift of the ant colony when they moved from random search to well ordered columns, bringing home the tart, all of which seemed to happen with the snap of a finger. I suppose if ants can do it, humans might be capable as well."



some reflections on wars, cooperation, open space etc ;



I agree that a sudden need or crises can cause quick self organisation and a shift in collective consciousness  (i.e wars, natural disasters).

However self organisation for a quick reaction doesn't mean that a healthy community ( democracy, peace, long term cooperation, civilization)

has been built.



I studied business and not psychology or sociology but from life experiences i know that "fear" prevents a open space, a long term democracy 

(at least freedom of expression for everybody) can not be created by force.



Wars are different then natural disasters as they are made by human.



Survival should be the easiest achievement when a group of human being comes together. So the big question for me is why we are still at that level 

after 14M years? why we can not discuss how we can develop alltogether in peace, joy and richness? why we don't discuss how we can 

establish a better cooperation, better ways of exchange among different cultures, religions, regions, countries etc ?  



Funda

 

  

  



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jack Ricchiuto 
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  Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 4:20 AM
  Subject: Re: Survival of the Cooperative


  Reflecting the way ecologists today are starting to redefine "fitness", author Robert Ulanowicz defines fitness as “the ability of a species to play a role in the web of ecological processes.”


  Jack

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    ------------Original Message------------
    From: Steve Gawron <gawron at megsinet.net>
    To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
    Date: Wed, Feb-9-2005 6:02 PM
    Subject: Re: Survival of the Cooperative
    Hello Don and all,

    There is an interesting book by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi which supports that
    concept of survival of ideas in a Darwinian context.  The book is called
    "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience", ISBN 0-06-016253-8

    In brief, a "flow" experience is akin to reading a book you cannot put down.
    I hope you enjoy the read.

    Steve Gawron

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    From: "Don Ferretti" <dferrett at placer.ca.gov>
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    Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 4:34 PM
    Subject: Survival of the Cooperative


    > I can give you a lot of detail to back this up but I will not take up
    > air time here to do that. I just wanted to say that I know for a fact
    > that the "survival of the fittest" mantra was not even spoken by Darwin.
    > But, his whole body of work seems to have been boiled down to that idea.
    > I have my theory as to why that is. But, if you really look at all of
    > that work, the role of cooperation, adaptation and flexibility  plays a
    > much more important role. We did not make it this far through
    > competition, but through pervasive cooperation.
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