2014 05 20 - superminds presentation 'fractal social organizations
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On May 20, 2014, the iMinds Research Institute run their SuperMinds "annual event for researchers, by researchers". This is the presentation of my talk, "Fractal Social Organizations". A video of this presentation is available at http://youtu.be/XTLYDZTY_D0TRANSCRIPT
FRACTAL SOCIAL ORGANI- ZATIONS Vincenzo De Florio iMinds-UA-PATS
THE WHOLE
is more than THE SUM
of ITS PARTS ‘
‘ - ARISTOTLE
NEED A “GLUE”!
MUTUALISTIC EXCHANGE
Part Whole
Bee Beehive
Man Slaving
Factory
you can’t treat a COMPLEX SYSTEM
as if it were a COG
P2P, CONTEXT-DRIVEN,
ACTIVE PARTICIPATION
Factory
Man
Part Part
I’d like
to walk
w/some
one!
I’d like
to chat
w/some
one!
Broker
CHAT ~
WALK
Semantic
Broker
Part Part
SELF-SERVE MUTUAL ASSISTANCE:
WIN-WIN
Photosynthesis Respiration
Part Part
O2
CO2
“NATURAL” STRATEGY!
Part Part
CO2
O2
AN ECOSYSTEM!
A hierarchy of WHOLEs emerges
– each GREATER than the SUM
of its PARTS
FRACTAL SOCIAL ORGANIZATION 001122222222
A hierarchy of WHOLEs emerges
– each GREATER than the SUM
of its PARTS
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FRACTAL!
THE WHOLE
CAN BE(E) more than THE SUM
of ITS PARTS ‘
‘ IF THE ORGANIZATION
PLAYS A CLEVER... PART!