Cab Sharing, Free Energy and the Importance ofProximity

Abstract

This paper introduces a multi-disciplinary approach and new paradigm through which to assess the interplay between technological advancements, and their impact on human social structures and cohesion. We promote a paradigm built upon an interdisciplinary analogy which uses experiences from the fields of Physics, Biology, Sociology, Planning, Anthropology,Engineering, Pedagogy, and Communication. We are promoting paradigm of Social Complex Adaptive Systems (SCAS). This builds upon established ideas of Complex Adaptive Systems(CAS) by emphasizing components of social learning, adaptation and communications for CAS. A seminal point of our arguments the multi-modal and iterative processing of data and stimuli assessments undergone by individuals and social groups (referred to as SCAS), which require experiences and actions undergone within shared spaces that lay the foundational structures upon which trust is built. Were proposing a conceptualization of human communications which surpasses notions of language, economy,and cognitive sensory input. These ideas are embedded withe constructs of complex adaptation systems, and use complex algorithms, including stochastic and chaotic methodologies to develop deeper understandings of the iterative and adaptive processes SCAS undertake, as they adjust to constraining forces.We conclude with a call for greater awareness of the context and limitations in which technologies are being embedded and from which they are emerging, and the need to create meta structures that are responsive to systemic constraints.