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This is true even in some quite simple systems , but the more complex a system , the more likely it is to become chaotic . It has always been assumed that anything as complicated as human society would quickly become chaotic and ...
This is true even in some quite simple systems , but the more complex a system , the more likely it is to become chaotic . It has always been assumed that anything as complicated as human society would quickly become chaotic and ...
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It is a society that in many of its aspects increasingly resembles imaginings familiar to us ( if at all ) mainly from science fiction , and therefore a society whose mapping may ( or must ) draw on the unique cognitive resources of sf ...
It is a society that in many of its aspects increasingly resembles imaginings familiar to us ( if at all ) mainly from science fiction , and therefore a society whose mapping may ( or must ) draw on the unique cognitive resources of sf ...
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“ In the globalized network society , " as Shaviro points out , “ the ' free market is the sole arbiter of value " ; thus , in the absence of any other effective standard , " [ i ] f the market is ' free , ' then nothing else can be ...
“ In the globalized network society , " as Shaviro points out , “ the ' free market is the sole arbiter of value " ; thus , in the absence of any other effective standard , " [ i ] f the market is ' free , ' then nothing else can be ...
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