determine one's place .. by paying attention to one's neighbours .. empathy implied .. to make good the 'code' written .. destined to build upon ..

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stand-up jobs .. what is tried on .. straight out .. fits to what was brought out .. by the studies on .. emergence ..

what's my mood .. this late morning .. let's call it mood .. for the sake of .. no better word .. coming to mind .. though that might change .. as the thought .. progress .. shape up .. fleshed up .. meat among the bones .. to fully fledged ..propositions

it all started .. as I read page 86 of .. Steven Johnson .. book of ..'emergence'

"Indeed, the code is utterly worthless without the cell's ability to determine its place in the overall organism, a feat that is accomplished by the elegant strategy of paying attention to one's neighbours."

the code .. the written program .. the DNA for a cell .. the norms, habits, laws for the individual .. the corpus of what and what-not to do .. that individuals adhere to .. for almost everything .. in their daily lives ..

the code is utterly worthless .. without the cell's ability to determine its place in the overall organism .. the corpus of norms, laws .. utterly worthless .. without the individual's ability to determine its place in the overall .. society, community, state ..


and how does it determines its place .. by paying attention to one's neighbours .. referred to as an elegant strategy .. elevated to an ability .. and what best way to pay attention to one's neighbour(s) .. but to place one's self onto the neighbour's shoes .. empathy .. the ability of empathy .. that individuals are endowed with ..

empathy .. a crucial component .. of the individual .. in building societies, communities, states .. a necessary .. and if not .. sufficient condition ..if any from of organised setting .. is there to be ..

knowing one's place .. as a condition .. to make good .. the corpus of what and what-not to do .. according to which .. societies, communities, states are built upon..

"As Ridley writes, "The great beauty of embryo development, the bit that human beings find so hard to grasp, is that it is a totally decentralised process.
Since every cell in the body carries a complete copy of the genome, no cell need wait for instructions from authority; every cell can act on its own information and the signals it receives from its neighbours."
And so we have come full circle back to Gordon's ants, and their uncanny ability to generate coordinated global behaviour out of local interactions."

determine one's place .. by paying attention to one's neighbours .. empathy implied .. addressed to .. to make good the 'code' written .. destined to build upon ..