<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear List,</div><div><br></div><div>Howard's idea of pre-peer-circulating the abstracts is very helpful in my eyes. By this method, one can test the deeps, who and how many people are interested in one's stick horse.</div><div>Let us have a tour d'horizon. Who knows, whether we shall actually meet, and perusing the abstracts is a good prelude for virtual meetings.<br></div><div><br></div><div>The picture Howard draws is of a biotop, in which recycling processes and feed-back loops maintain a stable periodicity.
There are systems and subsystems. <br></div><div><br></div><div>It is a dream task for a design engineer to translate this artist's vision into a realisable concept. Does this list think that it is possible to come up with a plan to realise Howard's vision? Is the idea that Howard presented, a rational one? If so, a technical feasibility study is the next step. <br></div><div><br></div><div>What general ideas have to be laid to rest and what new general ideas have to be accepted as fundamentals? Is it possible at all to create a picture of interdependent systems that are nested in each other and influence each other?</div><div><br></div><div>We are at the entry of a new session of fis. May it be fruitful and entertaining, deepening our enlightenment about symbiotic processes.</div><div><br></div><div>Karl<br> </div></div>