EXTERNALIZATION
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 1231 ▶ |
| Object type | General information |
The shift from strict biological control in living systems to a measure of psychic and social control.
S. GOONATILAKE speaks of exosomatic information, based on cultural interrelations. According to him: “Animals interact with the environment using a wide variety of input and output channels such as chemicals (f.ex. pheromones), acoustical and electro-magnetic waves and mechanical intervention with the environment using limbs and such devices as tools” (1991, p.83).
This amounts to be able to “reading” clues in the environment, as in stigmergy, or through positional values.
What GOONATILAKE describes as the exosomatic sphere, in the case of humankind, is presently in a process of evolutive acceleration, through the exponentially growing number of artefacts created by technological man. However these artefacts also increasingly control human societies.