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2 06, 2017

From Holons to Social Holons in a Science of Integral Cities

By Marilyn Hamilton|2017-06-02T21:39:20+00:00June 2nd, 2017|Categories: A. Contexting Intelligences, B. Individual Intelligences, Book 2, C. Collective Intelligences, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Master Intelligence|Tags: Africa, First Nations, Flint Michigan, Gaia's Reflective Organ, Geoffrey West, holon, howard bloom, Ichak Adizes, invariant terminals, Map 1, Map 2, Map 3, Map 4, Map 5, Master Code, social holon, time dimension, variant terminals, Walkerton Ontario|0 Comments

18 years ago, I read Ken Wilber’s Sex, Ecology & Spirituality, which introduced me to the Integral model. This book changed my life. In the short term, it provided a unifying framework that enabled me to make sense of the data in my dissertation that was focused on: learning and leadership in self-organizing online [...]

21 02, 2012

Meshworking Evolutionary Intelligences for the HUMAN HIVE

By Marilyn Hamilton|2017-04-07T02:57:34+00:00February 21st, 2012|Categories: C. Collective Intelligences, city, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Lifecycle|Tags: 100 million years, conformity enforcers, diversity generators, honey bees, howard bloom, human hive, inner judges, intergroup tournaments, resilience, resource allocators, roles, sustainability|5 Comments

This blog is the fourth prologue for a keynote at the FreshOutlook Feb. 27, 2012 Building SustainABLE Communities Conference. An Integral City is a complex adaptive human system that concentrates habitat for humans like a bee hive does for bees. Let me tell you about why I am attracted to the story of the human [...]