Metabolism
This is a note about the concept of metabolism, spanning biological and human societal systems.
Metabolism is the ability of an organism to retain its identity by changing its parts.
Jonas, Hans. The Phenomenon of Life: Toward a Philosophical Biology. 1966. Reprint, Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 2001.
Demuth, Bathsheba. Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait. New York: W.W. Norton, 2019.
This is a very interesting environmental history book that illustrates the relationship of energy, geography, materials and human/nonhuman action on the land. Relevant as the context to longer-term assessments of design outcomes, Lifecycle and Life Cycle Assessment, the assessment of the productivity or natural and artificial systems, etc.
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