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• Apply complexity theory to the evolution of biological and cultural systems

• Evolution is a multi-scaled, hierarchical process that involves biological evolution andÖ

  • at larger scales: the self-organization of ecosystems, and
  • at smaller scales: physical/chemical selection

• Humans self-organize and pulse (expand and contract) within limits of the available resources of the environment

• try to analyze/understand human cultural patterns within nature through the context of thermodynamics and dissipative structures

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