Systems Science: Theory, Analysis, Modeling, and Design

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Gaia needs a mind and humanity needs a purpose

“…ORCID George E. Mobus https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8145-0908 ENDNOTES 1 The full paper can be found in the Proceedings of the Conference https://journals.isss.org/index.php/jisss/issue/view/23. 2 The thorough argument and how the HSS could be designed and implemented to potentially become the brain of Gaia is detailed in Mobus (2022).…”

“…This argument for a governance subsystem that connects the existence of humanity with the needs of the whole Earth, much like the human brain is to the body, is advanced in this research note. It is not a simple analogic argument, but rather an isomorphic argument from systems theory (Mobus, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022). 2…”

“…This argument for a governance subsystem that connects the existence of humanity with the needs of the whole Earth, much like the human brain is to the body, is advanced in this research note. It is not a simple analogic argument, but rather an isomorphic argument from systems theory (Mobus, 2015(Mobus, , 2017(Mobus, , 2018(Mobus, , 2019(Mobus, , 2022. 2 Human social organization, with respect to information processing and multi-level group decision-making, already resembles brain-like architectures, and for very good reason.…”

“…At the 65th Annual Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (July 2021), George Mobus, Tyler Volk and John Stewart co‐chaired the Special Track ‘The Future of Human Social Systems: What Might the Evolution of Complex, Adaptive, and Evolvable Systems Tell Us About Where We Are Going?’. This Special Track aimed to explore, review and expand upon the concept of a complex, adaptive and evolvable system (CAES) (Mobus, 2022). The CAES is a significant update and expansion of the notion of complex adaptive systems through the observed phenomenon of the complex system evolving , as well as adapting.…”

“…2 2 The thorough argument and how the HSS could be designed and implemented to potentially become the brain of Gaia is detailed in Mobus (2022). …”