ecosystem · interdependent
a set of systems whose parameters are maintained within their windows by the output of each other.
Examples
- The cyanobacteria in Lake Natron's microbial mats regulate pH and salinity, sustaining photosynthesis despite volcanic runoff. biology
- The 2008 financial crisis cascaded when mortgage defaults broke interbank lending feedback loops. economics
- The International Space Station recycles 93% of its water, balancing oxygen and CO₂ through interconnected life support systems. engineering
Emergence
through: The organized systems, grouped into a set, exchange feedback that communicates changes in their parameters, enabling mutual maintenance of each other's parameters within their respective ranges.
- interdependence of maintenance
- reciprocal parameter regulation
- emergent stability through feedback
Chain to foundations
as tree
- ecosystemL15
- windowL7
- parameterL4
- rangeL3
- boundaryL2 (shown above)
- persistL1 (shown above)
- changeL1 (shown above)
- outsideL6
- partL1 (shown above)
- parameterL4 (shown above)
- maintenanceL14
- workL3
- parameterL4 (shown above)
- windowL7 (shown above)
- holdL13
- touchL3
- forceL12
- keepL5
- motionL2 (shown above)
- insideL5 (shown above)
- feedbackL14
- informationL6
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- marksL5
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- partL1 (shown above)
- changeL1 (shown above)
- patternL0 (shown above)
- surfaceL4 (shown above)
- patternL0 (shown above)
- sendL8
- sourceL2
- changeL1 (shown above)
- backL13
- sideL3
- partL1 (shown above)
- boundaryL2 (shown above)
- relevanceL12
- parameterL4 (shown above)
- driftL11
- parameterL4 (shown above)
- changeL1 (shown above)
- goL3
- makeL4 (shown above)
- nothingL10
- noneL9
- offL2
- spaceL0 (shown above)
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- wayL9
- wallL10
- motionL2 (shown above)
- occursL2
- informationL6
- systemL5
- setsL3 (shown above)
- partL1 (shown above)
- structureL2 (shown above)
- interactionL2 (shown above)
- setsL3 (shown above)
- windowL7
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.