书目名称 | The Evolution of Society | 副标题 | An Information-Proce | 编辑 | Erik W. Aslaksen | 视频video | | 概述 | Presents an original view of society as an information-processing system.Argues that the nature of the interaction between individuals is both the defining characteristic of society and the driver of | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | .This book covers the work of Erik W. Aslaksen who continues to develop the view of society and its evolution published in earlier work – The Social Bond (Springer 2018), The Stability of Society (Springer 2020), and Measures of Social Evolution (Springer 2021), bringing together core material of that work with the results of recent investigations in order to present the evolution of society as an integrated and continuous story leading right up to the present time. A story of human action driven by our beliefs, desires, and an ideology arising out of our ability to transform and exploit our environment through the development and application of technology. The distinguishing feature of the work is the treatment of society as an information-processing system and applying the system methodology for handling complexity, as it is applied, e.g., in engineering. This focus on information is particularly pertinent in the current circumstances, where the world has arrived at a critical point in its history through the conjunction of a number of issues that appear to be spiralling out of control: Global warming and the associated climate change, the destruction of our environment through s | 出版日期 | Book 2023 | 关键词 | Evolution of Society; Society as Information; Society as Action; Interaction as the Essence of Society; | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23054-7 | isbn_softcover | 978-3-031-23056-1 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-031-23054-7 | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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