Out Of Control: The Rise Of Neo-biological Civilization

Kelly, Kevin

ISBN 10: 0201577933 / ISBN 13: 9780201577938

Published by Addison-Wesley, 1994

About this Item

Publisher: Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1994. FINE hardcover book in FINE mylar-protected dust-jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Pristine. As new. Unread.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Out Of Control: The Rise Of Neo-biological Civilization
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201577933
• ISBN 13: 9780201577938
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Like New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Like New
• Weight: 23 ounces

About this title

Synopsis

Looks at a new approach to technology that follows the model of living organisms, and discusses complexity, closed systems, networks, e-money, prediction, and digital anonymity

From the Author

Why you should read this book
This is a book about how our manufactured world has become so complex that the only way to create yet more complex things is by using the principles of biology. This means decentralized, bottom up control, evolutionary advances and error-honoring institutions. I also get into the new laws of wealth in a network-based economy, what the Biosphere 2 project in Arizona has or has not to teach us, and whether large systems can predict or be predicted. And more: restoration biology, encryption, a-life, and the lessons of hypertext. Yes, it's a romp, in 520 pages. But the best part, my friends tell me, is the 28-page annotated bibliography. If you have suspected that technology could be better, more life-like, then this book is for you.