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_D0

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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!

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