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1、OutofControlTheNewBiologyofMachines,SocialSystems,andtheEconomicWorld●Readitonline●BuyaprintedcopyfromAmazon●Reviews●SelectedMaxims●TranslationsOutofControlisasummaryofwhatweknowaboutself-sustainingsystems,bothlivingonessuchasatropicalwetland,oranartificialone,suchasacomputersimulationofourplanet
2、.Thelastchapterofthebook,"TheNineLawsofGod,"isadistillationoftheninecommonprinciplesthatalllife-likesystemsshare.Themajorthemesofthebookare:●Aswemakeourmachinesandinstitutionsmorecomplex,wehavetomakethemmorebiologicalinordertomanagethem.●Themostpotentforceintechnologywillbeartificialevolution.Wea
3、realreadyevolvingsoftwareanddrugsinsteadofengineeringthem.●Organiclifeistheultimatetechnology,andalltechnologywillimprovetowardsbiology.●ThemainthingcomputersaregoodforiscreatinglittleworldssothatwecantryouttheGreatQuestions.Onlinecommunitiesletusaskthequestion"whatisademocracy;whatdoyouneedforit
4、?"bytryingtowireademocracyup,andre-wireitifitdoesn'twork.Virtualrealityletsusask"whatisreality?"bytryingtosynthesizeit.Andcomputersgiveusroomtoask"whatislife?"byprovidingauniverseinwhichtocreatecomputervirusesandartificialcreaturesofincreasingcomplexity.PhilosopherssittinginacademiesusedtoasktheG
5、reatQuestions;nowtheyareaskedbyexperimentalistscreatingworlds.●Asweshapetechnology,itshapesus.Weareconnectingeverythingtoeverything,andsoourentirecultureismigratingtoa"networkculture"andanewnetworkeconomics.●Inordertoharvestthepoweroforganicmachines,wehavetoinstillinthemguidelinesandself-governan
6、ce,andrelinquishsomeofourtotalcontrol.ThispagewaslastmodifiedonFriday,March11,2003OutofControlReviews"KevinKelly'swonderfullyperceptivenewbookshattersmoreparadigmsperpagethananyothertextinthisdecade.OutOfControlmakesmefeelgoodtobealive."--BruceSterling"OutOfControlisthebreakthroughconceptofcontem
7、poraryscienceandtechnology.Itlinksthebestofcutting-edgebiology,computerscience,economics,organizationaltheory,art,andmuchmore.Nolongerjustthebestjournalistonthesubject,KevinKellywiththisbookisactivelyshapingtheintellec
