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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 [...]

2 06, 2017

Why the Science of Cities Must Include Subjective and Intersubjective Data Along With Objective and Interobjective Data

By Marilyn Hamilton|2017-06-02T19:38:22+00:00June 2nd, 2017|Categories: A. Contexting Intelligences, B. Individual Intelligences, Book 2, Building - Structures, C. Collective Intelligences, Ecosphere, Emergence, Inner, Integral Maps, Lifecycle, Outer, Storytelling - Cultures|Tags: complex adaptive system, evolutionary intelligences, Geoffrey West, interobjective, intersubjective, invaviant terminals, james grier miller, living systems, objective, space filling networks, subjective, time dimension, variant terminal, variant terminals|0 Comments

After reading Scale by Geoffrey West, I am deeply impressed by his research, even though it appears that I have some fundamental disagreement with some of his conclusions. West argues for a framework of scaling cities (and other complex adaptive systems) that includes four core properties. His treatise is to my sensibilities so [...]