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Sociocracy

Sociocracy
Sociocracy is a system of governance, using consent-based decision making among equivalent individuals and an organizational structure based on cybernetic principles.[1] The most recent implementation of sociocracy by Gerard Endenburg,[2] also known as Circular Organizing, was developed as a new tool for governance of private enterprise, but has been adopted in many different kinds of organizations including public, private, non-profit and community organizations as well as professional associations. Origins[edit] The word sociocracy is derived from the Latin and Greek words socius (companion) and kratein (to govern). It is English for the word sociocratie, coined in 1851 by Auguste Comte, a French positivist philosopher (who also derived the word sociology from social physics) and later used by the U.S. sociologist Lester Frank Ward in a paper he wrote for the Penn Monthly in 1881 and later still by Dutchman Kees Boeke, who applied the concept to education. Essential principles[edit]

Etienne Chouard en a rêvé, les Québecois l'ont fait ! Ajoutons également cette vidéo de simples membres de la Constituante qui prolongent les explications de Roméo Bouchard : Il faut noter que des élections générales (législatives) pourraient avoir lieu dès septembre au Québec (voir cet article) et que la Coalition pour la Constituante aurait ainsi l’occasion de s’offrir une tribune, alors que les mouvements étudiants contre la hausse des frais d’inscription ont mis la province canadienne à la une ces derniers mois. Sociocybernetics Sociocybernetics is an interdisciplinary science between sociology and general systems theory and cybernetics. The International Sociological Association has a specialist research committee in the area – RC51 – which publishes the (electronic) Journal of Sociocybernetics. The term "socio" in the name of sociocybernetics refers to any social system (as defined, among others, by Talcott Parsons and Niklas Luhmann). Sociocybernetics aims to generate a general theoretical framework for understanding cooperative behavior in the context of a theory of evolution. Sociocybernetics claims to include both what are called first order cybernetics and second order cybernetics. See also[edit] References[edit] Further reading[edit] External links[edit]

Open-source governance Open-source governance is a political philosophy which advocates the application of the philosophies of the open source and open content movements to democratic principles in order to enable any interested citizen to add to the creation of policy, as with a wiki document. Legislation is democratically opened to the general citizenry, employing their collective wisdom to benefit the decision-making process and improve democracy.[1] Theories on how to constrain, limit or enable this participation vary however as much as any other political philosophy or ideology. Applications of the principles[edit] In practice, several applications have evolved and been used by actual democratic institutions in the developed world:[3] Common and simultaneous policy[edit] These goals for instance were cited often during the Green Party of Canada's experiments with open political platform development. History[edit] Open politics as a distinct theory[edit] See also[edit] Further reading[edit] Citations[edit]

La révolution de Cheran : un exemple de révolte citoyenne Depuis 2008, il est soumis au harcèlement des coupeurs de bois qui, protégés par des groups armés du crime organisé, détruisent les bois de la région (80 % des forets alentour ont été dévastés en seulement 3 ans), enlèvent, torturent et assassinent les villageois, violent les femmes, mettent le feu à leurs ranchs, volent des outils et le bétail et, en général, ils humilient les gens. L’État mexicain a abandonnés les habitants : les maintes dénonciations que les gens de Cheran ont logées auprès des autorités de l’état et fédérales ont été laissées sans réponse, sans aucune action qui soit pour les protéger. Quant aux autorités municipales, cela a été pire encore : la police locale a agi en complicité avec les malfaiteurs et elle a aussi tué des gens. Un jour les bûcherons braconniers sont entrés à la source de la « Cofradia » qui pourvoit la communauté en eau. À partir de ce moment, la vie quotidienne de Chéran a changé. La ville de Cheran est un magnifique exemple de révolte citoyenne.

Setpoint (control system) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Target value for the process variable of a control system In the context of PID controller, the setpoint represents the reference or goal for the controlled process variable. It serves as the benchmark against which the actual process variable (PV) is continuously compared. The PID controller calculates an error signal by taking the difference between the setpoint and the current value of the process variable. where is the error at a given time is the setpoint, is the process variable at time Cruise control The error can be used to return a system to its norm. error is used to control the PV so that it equals the SP. error is classically used in the PID controller. Industrial applications Special consideration must be given for engineering applications.

Noocracy Noocracy (/noʊˈɒkrəsi/ or /ˈnoʊ.əkrəsi/), or "aristocracy of the wise", as defined by Plato, is a social and political system that is "based on the priority of human mind", according to Vladimir Vernadsky.[citation needed] It was also further developed in the writings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.[citation needed] Etymology[edit] Development[edit] One of the first attempts to implement such a political system was perhaps Pythagoras' "city of the wise" that he planned to build in Italy together with his followers, the order of "mathematikoi." As defined by Plato, Noocracy is considered to be the future political system for the entire human race, replacing Democracy ("the authority of the crowd") and other forms of government. Publications[edit] In the European Commission Community Research publication, Art & Scientific Research are Free: Towards a Culture of Life, it states several commentaries by Hans Jonas and especially Ladislav Kovác about Noocracy.[1] See also[edit] References[edit]

SpiNNaker From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The completed design is housed in 10 19-inch racks, with each rack holding over 100,000 cores.[13] The cards holding the chips are held in 5 blade enclosures, and each core emulates 1,000 neurons.[13] In total, the goal is to simulate the behaviour of aggregates of up to a billion neurons in real time.[14] This machine requires about 100 kW from a 240 V supply and an air-conditioned environment.[15] SpiNNaker is being used as one component of the neuromorphic computing platform for the Human Brain Project.[16][17]

Main Page - Metagovernment - Government of, by, and for all the people Semiotics Study of signs and sign processes The semiotic tradition explores the study of signs and symbols as a significant part of communications. Unlike linguistics, semiotics also studies non-linguistic sign systems. Semiotics includes the study of signs and sign processes, indication, designation, likeness, analogy, allegory, metonymy, metaphor, symbolism, signification, and communication. Semiotics is frequently seen as having important anthropological and sociological dimensions; for example the Italian semiotician and novelist Umberto Eco proposed that every cultural phenomenon may be studied as communication.[2] Some semioticians focus on the logical dimensions of the science, however. Semiotics is not to be confused with the Saussurean tradition called semiology, which is a subset of semiotics.[3][4] History and terminology[edit] The importance of signs and signification has been recognized throughout much of the history of philosophy and psychology. John Locke[edit] Syntactics[edit] [edit]

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