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<p class=""><span class="">Nikhil --</span></p><p class="">In your search for a multilevel model of complex systems you claim to find a “common multilevel organizational pattern” (CMOP) in different levels. In this connection you claim that mycorrhiza networks, gut bacteria, and investment networks are functional equivalents at three different levels.<br></p>
<p class="">The first question is do you really have plausibly different levels in a compositional hierarchy. It is not clear to me that your levels 1 and 2 are actually separated by scale of activity. If not, then you do not actually have a compositional hierarchy. Then you need to define just what kind of hierarchy you have constructed (it is also not a subsumptive hierarchy -- see my 2012 paper).<br><span class=""></span></p>
<p class="">If your scheme was a compositional hierarchy, then what you are looking for here generally are isomorphisms at different levels. In the 1970’s this was an active research plan, but it never got very far and has not to my knowledge been pursued since then until here in your work.<br><span class=""></span></p>
<p class="">STAN <br><span class=""></span></p></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 5:23 AM, Nikhil Joshi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nikhil.joshi@lifel.org" target="_blank">nikhil.joshi@lifel.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">
<p><b><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal">(This
email post has also been archived in the drop box. In case you are unable to
read this entire post, please download from <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/iej3xeu4as8rz8g/Abstract%20FIS%20v3.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">this
link</a>)<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p><p><b><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></font></b></p><p><b><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sustainability through multilevel research: The
Lifel, Deep Society Build-A-Thon<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear
FIS Colleagues,<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Over the last fifty years or so, we have made significant
progress in enhancing our theoretical understanding of self-organizing complex systems.
When it comes to self-organization in complex <i><span style="font-style:italic">living
systems</span></i>, along with advances in theoretical research, advances in
disciplines like prebiotic evolution, molecular biology, complexity,
linguistics, information systems, ecology, bacteriology, soil microbiology,
sociology, and economics have all contributed to provide deeper insights into the
processes and organization in living systems at multiple different levels. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Having reached here we can
ask the questions- can this new science help us develop a unified view of our
socio-economic and natural systems?<span> </span>Can
such a view reveal new systemic ways to align economics and ecosystems?<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This series of articles
[1-3] are a part of the “Lifel Deep Society Build-A-Thon” initiative. A
research Build-A-Thon that aims to bring together domain level researchers,
philosophers and theoretical researchers, and other problem solvers to build a
multilevel model that can prove to be useful in enhancing our understanding of
the combined ecosystem-economics system. This initiative provides exciting new
opportunities for researchers to both further their own research, while also
contributing towards addressing the larger problem of ecosystem-economics
alignment.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The first article [1] reveals
an important common multilevel organizational pattern in self-organization of
living systems that proposes that socio-economic organizations could be an
extension of a larger multilevel organizational pattern in natural
self-organization. In this paper, two new classes of systems have been defined
to capture important characteristics of internal organization in living systems
across multiple levels. An examination of multilevel living systems through the
lens of these definitions reveals a common multilevel level organizational pattern
(CMOP) that extends across levels from molecular, to ecological and to social
self-organization. The outcomes of the common multilevel organizational pattern
are discussed, with important implications and areas for further research.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The second article [2] examines
the possibility of organizational and role similarities between banks and
financial investment networks in social self-organization, and networks of
subsoil Mycorrhiza and gut-bacterial networks in ecosystems. The multilevel model
of self-organizing living systems developed previously, has been used to pose
questions and make multilevel organizational comparisons to glean new insights
into the roots of our banking and financial investment networks in
self-organizing living systems. Research findings point to the possibility that
banks and financial investment networks play a role in social self-organization
that could be in some ways similar to that played by Mycorrhiza and gut
bacterial networks in the self-organization of ecosystems. A multilevel
understanding of these systems could help us not only understand the roots of
financial investment systems in self-organizing systems but also help better
align financial systems and economics with natural ecosystems, and further the
agenda of ecological sustainability. Some implications, questions and avenues
for further research have been discussed.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The third article is an extended
abstract and presents an overview of this initiative [3]. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Taken together
the two articles [1,2] present a cascading organization where autotrophic
species arise through the transformation of geochemical molecules into biomass.
This biomass becomes food for heterotrophic species, and leads to the emergence
of ecological exchange networks between autotrophs and heterotrophs. Further,
the emergence of sociality in heterotrophic species initially gives rise to
kinship based social groups like families and extended communities based on
shared adaptation among multiple family units, followed by non-kinship based
social groups, and exchange networks of human resources between kinship based
social groups like families and non-kinship based social groups like businesses
in our economic system. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span> </span>Three levels of modulator systems modulate
resource flows between competing sets of species networks at the three
different levels in self-organization [2]. Mycorrhiza networks are believed to
modulate flows of geo-chemicals between competing autotrophic species. Gut
bacteria are thought to modulate flows of biomass across competing ecological
networks comprised of autotrophs and heterotrophs. Finally, financial
investment networks are known to modulate flows of human resources across
competing networks of families and business organizations. This presents a
picture of a cascading living organization that commences with geochemical
cycles and extends to our socioeconomic systems, as outlined in Figure 3.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p></div><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:inherit"><font color="black"><span style="font-weight:bold">Figure
3:</span> </font></span><font size="3">A unified view of ecological and social
organizations, using CMOPs presented in the previous articles [1,2]. Level 1,
involves molecular self-organization into autotrophic (and chemoautotrophic)
living cells. Level 2, involves the self-organization into ecosystem networks
of exchanges between autotrophic and heterotrophic species. Level 3, involves
the social self-organization in heterotrophic species into networks of
exchanges between kinship and non-kinship based social groups. The view
presents a cascading, and energetically coupled organization that spans across
three levels. Further, at each level there appears to be a modulator system
that gives rise to “community structure” in exchange networks. It is suggested
that the modulator systems are Mycorrhiza networks at level 1, gut bacteria at
level 2, and financial investment networks at level 3. This leads to the
question- can one think of ways in which self-organization at the three levels
could be synergized through some kind of a currency exchange? The red dotted line
in Figure 3 highlights this possibility. </font></font><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">One of the main goals of
this series of articles is to pose new questions by connecting research from
across multiple disciplines. The CMOPs are intended serve as a multilevel
scaffolding that connects ideas and findings from across disciplines to build an
initial multilevel view, a view that is to be further debated, discussed and
developed in the course of the Build-A-Thon. Hence the ideas presented here are
not presented as final words on any research topic but rather intended to serve
as a bridge to connect research across disciplines and pose questions for
further research.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This discussion on the FIS
network invites your ideas, questions, comments, criticisms, suggestions on the
multilevel view presented here, and three high-level questions arising from
this view:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br></span></font></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">1.<span style="font-variant:normal;line-height:normal"> </span><span style="font-variant:normal;line-height:normal"> </span><span>Is our social organization in some of its
essential elements an extension of the larger pattern in the organization of
living systems as proposed here [1]?<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span>2.<span style="font-variant:normal;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span>Are there important organizational or role
similarities between modulator systems- Mycorrhiza networks, gut bacterial
networks and financial investment networks?<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span>3.<span style="font-variant:normal;line-height:normal"> </span></span></font><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Are there ways in which these insights could
be leveraged to align dynamics between ecosystems and economic systems?</font><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">A deeper understanding of
our socio-economic reality through a multilevel view is possible only if we can
successfully integrate research from across multiple disciplines and different
research groups. Your inputs will be valuable, and help in this attempt to
develop a multilevel unified view of social and natural systems through
collaborative multilevel research.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Both articles [1,2] also present
a number of open questions in the discussion section. Together these questions
cover a large number of research domains. Different questions could be in area
of interest for different people in this group or you may have questions beyond
those posed in the articles. While it may not possible to debate all these
questions at once, if one or more questions generate common interest from a
group of people, they could be taken up for further discussion and possibly
collaborative development. Hence, your comments, feedback, criticisms, further
questions in any area would be most helpful both in collective assessing areas
of interest for this group, as well as shaping direction for further collaborative
research. I would appreciate if you could also point out your own work and
references, or work of colleagues that are relevant here.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">My apologies for loading you
with three papers and multiple questions at once, and thank you for being patient
and bearing with the tedium. <span> </span><u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I would like to specially
thank Pedro for introducing me to this group, encouraging me to post the FIS
group, and allowing this post. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Your comments are very much
appreciated, and would go a long-way in developing these ideas further. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">At these times of mindless
destruction, and conflict I am reminded of the words of Thich Nhat Hanh,</span></font><span style="color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:16px"> a personification of peace, who had made France his home.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><i><font size="3" color="#131313" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#131313;font-style:italic">“Once
you begin to realize your interconnectedness with others, your inter-being, you
begin to see how your actions affect you and all other life. You begin to
question your way of living, to look with new eyes at the quality of your
relationships and the way you work. You begin to see, 'I have to earn a living,
yes, but I want to earn a living mindfully. I want to try to select a vocation
not harmful to others and to the natural world, one that does not misuse
resources. </span></font></i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:16px">Thich Nhat Hanh</span></p><p style="margin-top:0cm"><b><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal">Peace for our French Colleagues, Families and Friends.<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p><p style="margin-top:0cm"><br></p><p style="margin-top:0cm"><b><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal">Thanking you,</span></font></b></p><div><br></div><p style="margin-top:0cm"><b><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal">Warm regards,</span></font></b></p><p style="margin-top:0cm"><b><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal">Nikhil Joshi<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p><p style="margin-top:0cm"><b><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://Lifel.Org" target="_blank">Lifel.Org</a><u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p><p style="margin-top:0cm"><b><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal">201-TV
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of the three papers (1-3) below have been uploaded in the DROPBOX with the URL
in each reference. If you have problems in accessing them please email me at: </span><a href="mailto:Nikhil.Joshi@lifel.org" target="_blank"><span>Nikhil.Joshi@lifel.org</span></a></font> ,<font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Thank You.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/5pq0j5b9sw2lkte/Multilevel%20Research%20Part%20II-%20Exploring%20natural%20roots%20of%20socioeconomic%20systems%20Sep%202015.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">1.
Joshi, N. Multilevel Research, Part II: Exploring natural roots of
socio-economic organization, Pre-publication copy, for Internal Use Only
(2015).</a> <u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/sp3xm3kuhss7f4w/Multilevel%20Research%20Part%20III-%20Roots%20of%20financial%20networks%20Sept%202015.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">2.
Joshi, N. Multilevel Research Part III: The roots of money and investment
systems, could they lie in self-organization of living systems? Pre-publication
copy, for Internal Use Only (2015)</a><u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://sciforum.net/conference/isis-summit-vienna-2015/paper/2923" target="_blank">3.
Joshi, N. Science, Organization and Sustainability: A Multilevel Approach. In
Proceedings of ISIS Summit Vienna 2015- The Information Society at the
Crossroads; 2015; p. I003. DOI: 10.3390/isis-summit-vienna-2015-I003</a><u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><b><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold">The first two papers [1.2]
are pre-publication copies for private use of the FIS members and their
students. Please do not circulate or upload them on any public server. Thank
you. <u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p><p>
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