Short presentation to fledgling Melbourne Biomimicry Swarm to underline the importance of deriving general principles of emergence, systems, complexity from biological models (the elephant in the room) The final slide movie clip is from https://vimeo.com/46665891

1. My interest in
Biomimicry
Tony Smith
Kororoit Institute
4 October 2012

3. 1 > My friend David Fox’s blog:
http://www.greenr.com/blog/

4. 1 > My friend David Fox’s blog:
http://www.greenr.com/blog/
2 > Silo-breaking view of Emergence/Systems/Complexity

6. Ilya Prigogine,
Robert Laughlin
Multiverse Biology
Physics Ecology
Digital Socio-
Computing technical

7. Ilya Prigogine, Stu Kauffman,
Robert Laughlin elephant in room
Multiverse
Organic chemistry
Biology
Physics Ecology
Digital Socio-
Computing technical

8. Ilya Prigogine, Stu Kauffman,
Robert Laughlin elephant in room
Multiverse
Organic chemistry
Biology
Physics Ecology
Human civilisation
Digital Socio-
Computing technical
Ralph Stacey,
Bill Hall

9. Ilya Prigogine, Stu Kauffman,
Robert Laughlin elephant in room
Multiverse
Organic chemistry
Biology
Physics Ecology
Human civilisation
Digital noitacfiidoc ,noitcartsbA
Socio-
Computing technical
Stephen Wolfram, Ralph Stacey,
too much of my life Bill Hall

10. Ilya Prigogine, Stu Kauffman,
Robert Laughlin elephant in room
Multiverse
Organic chemistry
Biology
Physics Ecology
Wolfram’s conjecture
Human civilisation
Second Law of
Thermodynamics
Digital noitacfiidoc ,noitcartsbA
Socio-
Computing technical
Stephen Wolfram, Ralph Stacey,
too much of my life Bill Hall

12. Gradient
dissipation

14. Galaxies
Multiverse Biology
Stars
Physics
Planets Ecology
Gradient
dissipation
Digital Socio-
Computing technical

15. Galaxies
Multiverse Biology
Planetary
Supernovæ,
“metals”, spin Stars
Physics
5505°C solar photons
Biology
Planets Ecology
Gradient
dissipation
Digital Socio-
Computing technical

16. Galaxies
Multiverse Biology
Planetary
Supernovæ,
“metals”, spin Stars
Physics
5505°C solar photons
Biology
Predation,
symbiosis
Planets Ecology
Negligible cost verbiage
Gradient
dissipation
Digital Socio-
Computing technical

17. Galaxies
Multiverse Biology
Planetary
Supernovæ,
“metals”, spin Stars
Physics
5505°C solar photons
Biology
Predation,
symbiosis
Planets Ecology
Draw accumulated assets
Negligible cost verbiage
Gradient
dissipation
What
Digital Socio-
Kelly’s Intermediaries,
money, law
Computing Technium
technical
Wants

18. Galaxies
Multiverse Biology
Planetary
Supernovæ,
“metals”, spin Stars
Physics
5505°C solar photons
Biology
Predation,
symbiosis
Planets Ecology
Draw accumulated assets
Negligible cost verbiage
Gradient
Limits of simulation
dissipation
Stan Salthe:
50% efficiency cap rule of thumb
Maximum entropy production
What
Local rules Cellular
for birth,
survival,
Digital
Automata noitaluceps ),(aideM
Socio-
Kelly’s Intermediaries,
money, law
slow dying Computing Technium
technical
Game of Life
Wants

20. So you know which way we play?

21. Questions?