Emergent Emergencies in Complex Ecosystems: Reflections on the Limits of Narrative Cognition and a Revisiting of Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park (1990)
This article argues that ‘emergent emergencies’ in complex natural systems or ‘ecosystems’ can be understood as the ethical consequences of cognitive failure or “epistemological error” (Gregory Bateson). More specifically, I hold that complex systems display emergent behaviors, and that narrative co...
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| Language: | English |
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International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture
2016-05-01
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| Series: | On_Culture |
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| Online Access: | https://www.on-culture.org/journal/issue-1/emergent-emergencies-complex-ecosystems/ |