Friday, July 11, 2014

GAIA Extended to Economics and Politics

From Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis

The Gaia hypothesis, also known as Gaia theory or Gaia principle, proposes that organisms interact with their inorganic surroundings on Earth to form a self-regulatingcomplex system that contributes to maintaining the conditions for life on the planet. Topics of interest include how the biosphere and the evolution of life forms affect the stability of global temperatureocean salinityoxygen in the atmosphere and other environmental variables that affect the habitability of Earth.

Comment:

A possible Extension of GAIA Hypothesis may regard our political, economic, cultural, social and technological sub-systems as a part of the system. When one of these sub-systems contribute to the violation of the natural balance in a significant way, the action or behavior upsetting the balance will be "resisted" by the system as a whole since it decreases the likelihood of the system's survival - and vice verse. 

Even morality can be seen as principles, values, attitudes and behaviors which emerged (will emerge) as "favorable" to the survival of the holistic system.



How Many Homes do we have to Build - in the Course of One Life-time? -- A Gazan Song

For Gazan Children

In the Course

of One Life-time

By:
Wael Nawara


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how many homes
do we have to build
in the course of one life-time?

how many children
that will have to be killed
before we think it's a crime?

how many people
that will have to die
before we even try?


angry army soldiers sweeping over town in heavy boots
knocking down the doors
crowded ugly cemeteries getting fuller by the day
thirsty yet for more


yet you tell me Christmas time is here
and you dare to even call me dear


lonely men are flying hot balloons around a hot balloon
angry they had to pause
cruise missiles are landing near what used to be our home, real soon
only just because

yet you tell me that love is here
and ask me not to fear



i will only ask you this
i shall have to ask you this

how many homes do we have to build
in the course of one life-time?

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© Wael Nawara

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Diaries of an Olive Tree

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