Originally posted on Creativistic Philosophy:
While algorithms are characterized by finite amounts of information, creative systems develop over time, incorporating new information. An algorithm always stays the same, but having a memory means that a creative system grows bit by bit. Although the calculations going on in a system described by an algorithm are processes…
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Civilizations – Part 3
Originally posted on Embassy of the Future:
(…continued). If a civilization outstrips the available resources and does not manage to stop growing, it will use up its reserves (raw materials, ecosystems, biodiversity, land, water, the ability of the environment (including the atmosphere) to take up its waste products, sources of energy) and then it will…
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Civilizations – Part 2
Originally posted on Embassy of the Future:
(…continued) The amount of resources of any kind is limited. For a growing civilization, this can lead to a crisis. But being creative, a civilization is able to open up new resources. Examples from history include the invention of clothes, fire and housing enabling humans to settle in…
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Civilizations – Part 1
Originally posted on Embassy of the Future:
Civilizations have two important properties: they are dissipative systems, and they are creative systems. A dissipative system is a physical system that maintains its state by turning resources from a usable form into an unusable waste form. In terms of physics (specifically: thermodynamics) one can describe them as…
The Spectrum of Creativity
Art and philosophy are similar in their creative aspect. One thing artists and musicians can do is to extend what we can perceive and experience, in the realm of the visual and auditory experiences as well as that of other senses. In a comparable way, one job of the philosopher may be to extend the … Continue reading
