SYSTEMS IN SERVICE TO HUMANITY: UNIFYING TRADITIONAL SYSTEMS, EVOLUTIONARY SYSTEMS THINKING, AND 2ND ORDER CYBERNETIC PERSPECTIVES TO EXPLORE ORIGINATING DYNAMICS?TOWARD REGULATORY MECHANISMS FOR SUSTAINABILITY?

摘要

"As a species we are consuming our little piece of a solar system, pulling little bits of arnplanet through our individual perceptual unreality fields, and excreting it collectively asrnconcrete, McDonald's, and dogs (White, ISSS, 2000)." Further exploring implications ofrnher view that "Traditional Systems" reside in the "emergence space" at the "center" ofrnconfluencing arrays of dynamic flows, i.e., at the center of the wider perspective onrn"systems" that the author refers to as a "General Evolutionary View," the author discussesrnthe advantages to be achieved as we as systemists gain the ability to point to and tornexplain the originating dynamics whose confluencing over eons generated the sequentialrnseries' of confluencing systems that generate and sustain, not only earth's currentrnbiosphere system's composition, but also that of our species' various cultural, social andrncorporate systems. More importantly for Homo sapiens' progeny, as we as systemistsrngain deep, structural understanding of this "whole system" view of the relationshiprnbetween traditional systems, general evolutionary systems, and 2nd Order Cybernetics, werncome closer to gaining the "scientific" capability of generating computer simulations thatrnthrough iterative cycles can visually and quantitatively depict the "quality of life" andrnsustainability consequences for generations hence of various current cognitive choices.rnThe author invites further dialogue. (Paper intended as a basis for discussion in thernSpirituality and Systems Special Integration Group.)