"The Cooperation Group is an interdisciplinary community of scholars studying networked cooperation. Our current activities include a variety of empirical research projects on online collaboration, as well as a weekly meeting in which we present and discuss research on cooperation from a variety of academic disciplines."
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""The Modern World-System" as Environmental History? Ecology and the Rise of Capitalism
Jason W. Moore
Theory and Society
Vol. 32, No. 3 (Jun., 2003), pp. 307-377 (71 pages)"
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"AUTOPOIESIS AND COGNITION
THE REALIZATION OF THE LIVING
1972
Humberto Maturana
Francisco Varela
What makes a living system a living system? What kind of biological phenomenon is the phenomenon of cognition? These two questions have been frequently considered, but, in this volume, the authors consider them as concrete biological questions. Their analysis is bold and provocative, for the authors have constructed a systematic theoretical biology which attempts to define living systems not as objects of observation and description, nor even as interacting systems, but as self-contained unities whose only reference is to themselves. the consequence of their investigations and of their living systems as self-making, self-referring autonomous unities, is that they discovered that the two questions have a common answer: living systems are cognitive systems, and living as a process is a process of cognition. The result of their investigations is a completely new perspective of biological (human) phenomena. During the investigations, it was found that a complete linguistic description pertaining to the "organization of the living" was lacking and, in fact, was hampering the reporting of results. Hence, the authors have coined the word "autopoiesis" to replace the expression "circular organization." Autopoiesis conveys, by itself, the central feature of the organization of the living, which is autonomy."
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"This impressive and inspiring work is a philosophic tour-de-force that demonstrates why achieving democratic global government, and thereby saving our planet from perdition, requires a courageous leap rather than an incremental series of steps. Dr. Martin goes further than previous world federalist thinkers in providing an integrative argument that explicates the systemic and even cosmological and theological foundations for such a planetary transformation. He convincingly shows that the ratification of the Earth Constitution is the proper vehicle for this achievement and that the universal restoration of human dignity is both its premise and goal.
—Byron Belitsos, veteran world federalist activist and co-author of One World Democracy"
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"Human Energy’s research team brings together insights from neuroscience, anthropology, psychology, astrophysics, technology, data science, humanistic management, social entrepreneurship, environmental design, communication, education, sustainability, humanitarianism, spirituality, and world affairs.
Evolution is progressing towards a greater collective potential. Deeper understanding of this paradigm shift will enable humanity to tap into our full potential and ensure the flourishing of our species and our planet."
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