Saturday, December 03, 2005

Green Peas in a Steel Pod

Biomicry is the imitation of a natural phenomenon's or environment's efficiency and survival mechanisms. The term so far seem to has been only applied to products and manufacturing processes, but I feel that it also has the scope to cover social issues, such as collective 'Autism' (under this term I mean deficits in communication and social interaction. Industrialisation, two world wars and the consequent alienation that followed, caused people to become increasingly reliant on themselves rather than social groups. Separating from nature seems to have resulted in separation from each other. How can we get closer and re-learn to cooperate again? Perhaps Social-Biomimicry can help. Read full article, go to Somewhere Else Magazine

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