Kelly, Kevin. 1952-

Out of Control : the new biology of machines, social systems, and the economic world. / txt New biology of machines, social systems, and the economic world : Kevin Kelly. - 521 p. 24 cm. book

Include index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 475-500)

Contents :
The made and the born 1 --
Hive mind 5 --
Machines with an attitude 29 --
Assembling complexity 57 --
Coevolution 69 --
The natural flux 91 --
Emergence of control 111 --
Closed systems 128 --
Pop goes the biosphere 150 --
Industrial ecology 166 --
Network economics 184 --
E-money 203 --
God games 230 --
In the library of form 258 --
Artificial evolution 283 --
The future of control 312 --
An open universe 332 --
The structure of organized change 352 --
Postdarwinism 365 --
The butterfly sleeps 389 --
Rising flow 404 --
Predicition machinery 420 --
Wholes, holes, and spaces 450 --
The nine laws of god 468 --

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Technological innovations--History.
System theory.
Technology and civilization
Bionics.
Self-organizing systems.
Social groups--History.
Social networks--History.
Inventions--History.

HC79.T4 / K44 1994

303.483