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THE WHOLE is more than THE SUM

of ITS PARTS ‘ ‘- ARISTOTLE

NEED A “GLUE”!

MUTUALISTIC EXCHANGE

Part Whole

Bee Beehive

Man Slaving Factory

you can’t treat a COMPLEX SYSTEM as if it were a COG

P2P, CONTEXT-DRIVEN,

ACTIVE PARTICIPATION

Factory

Man

Part Part

I’d like to walk

w/someo

ne!

I’d like to chat

w/someo

ne!

Broker

CHAT ~ WALK

SemanticBroker

Part Part

SELF-SERVE�MUTUAL ASSISTANCE: WIN-WIN

Photosynthesis Respiration

Part Part O2

CO2

“NATURAL” STRATEGY!

Part Part

CO2

O2

AN ECOSYSTEM!

A hierarchy of WHOLEs emerges

– each GREATER

than the SUM of its PARTS

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A hierarchy of WHOLEs emerges

– each GREATER

than the SUM of its PARTS

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FRACTAL!

THE WHOLE CAN BE(E) more than THE SUM

of ITS PARTS ‘ ‘IF THE ORGANIZATION

PLAYS A CLEVER... PART!