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Summary
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This is the first of three associated parts which shows how governance control flows downward through the multi-level hierarchy of living systems, their organization units and components. In the living system structure that surrounds human organisms, most of the impetus for work action flows from superorganism to organism to cell to actionable biomolecule. In a general way, the functional needs of the nation-state-city superorganism drive all lower-level work-related actions, and all higher-level actions are based on a foundation of biomolecular chemical actions.
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Control Initiation
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As governance control initiation proceeds, there is a one-to-many fan-out and multiplication of more and more detailed control flows:
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• A given superorganism governance mechanism controls multiple organizations.
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• Each organization controls multiple organisms.
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• Each organism governance mechanism controls multiple organs.
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• Each organ controls multiple cells.
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• Each cell governance mechanism controls multiple organelles.
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• Each organelle controls multiple biomolecules.
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• Controlled results begin with action by designated individual biomolecules.
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Governance Control Sequence Chart
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This chart presents a view of the governance control sequence for human superorganisms, organisms and cells. Other kinds of superorganisms (ant or bee colonies) will have the same general architectural structure, but with some differences in detail in the control mechanisms and governance units.
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In this chart, the Conveyance rows show some typical ways that control commands are communicated downward, to illustrate how it works. Other mechanisms not shown here may also be used. For example the Organism-to-Organ communication is shown using rapid "neurological stimuli" over the nervous system - - other slower forms of communication may use different mechanisms, such as the endocrine system.
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Two versions of the chart are included. The first shows direct control proceeding from the higher-level living system directly through its organizations to the component living system. The second version shows how, at the superorganism-to-organism level, some controls proceed indirectly through an intermediate market entity. Some kinds of control flow directly, as shown in this first version. Others take advantage of markets, as shown in the second version.
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This first chart shows the sequence of control events, working from top to bottom.
| Governance Control Sequence: Direct Control |
| Hierarchy Level |
Control Unit |
Control Action |
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| Superorganism: |
Administrator |
receive sensory pattern |
| Superorganism: |
Administrator |
select appropriate action scenario |
| Superorganism: |
Implementor |
orchestrate organization control commands |
| Conveyance: |
laws, directives |
↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓ |
| Organization: |
function need receptor |
receive function control pattern |
| Organization: |
function activator |
initiate function action |
| Organization: |
component controller |
orchestrate component control commands |
| Conveyance: |
work assignments |
↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓ |
| Organism: |
command receptor |
receive sensory pattern |
| Organism: |
Administrator |
select appropriate action scenario |
| Organism: |
Implementor |
orchestrate organ control commands |
| Conveyance: |
neurological stimuli |
↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓ |
| Organ: |
command receptor |
receive function control pattern |
| Organ: |
function activator |
initiate function action |
| Organ: |
component controller |
orchestrate cell control commands |
| Conveyance: |
neurological stimuli |
↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓ |
| Cell: |
command receptor |
receive sensory pattern |
| Cell: |
Administrator |
select appropriate action scenario |
| Cell: |
Implementor |
orchestrate organelle control commands |
| Conveyance: |
chemical stimuli |
↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓ |
| Organelle: |
command receptor |
receive function control pattern |
| Organelle: |
function activator |
initiate function action |
| Organelle: |
component controller |
orchestrate molecule control commands |
| Conveyance: |
chemical stimuli |
↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓ |
| Biomolecule: |
chemical trigger |
controlled biomolecular action |
In this second version, a "Market" layer has been interposed between the Superorganism and its Organizations. This arrangement softens the superorganism direct control to allow "freedom of choice" in the response by organizations and organisms. Below the Organism level, the structure is the same as the first version.
| Governance Control Sequence: Indirect Control |
| Hierarchy Level |
Control Unit |
Control Action |
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| Superorganism: |
Administrator |
receive sensory pattern |
| Superorganism: |
Administrator |
select appropriate action scenario |
| Superorganism: |
Implementor |
orchestrate market parameters |
| Conveyance: |
laws, parameters |
↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓ |
| Market: |
parameter receptor |
receive market parameter |
| Market: |
function activator |
initiate function action |
| Market: |
component controller |
orchestrate function need patterns |
| Conveyance: |
demand, price |
↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓ |
| Organization: |
function need receptor |
receive function need pattern |
| Organization: |
function activator |
initiate function action |
| Organization: |
component controller |
orchestrate organism control commands |
| Conveyance: |
work assignments |
↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓ |
| Organism: |
command receptor |
receive sensory pattern |
| Organism: |
Administrator |
select appropriate action scenario |
| Organism: |
Implementor |
orchestrate organ control commands |
| (The rest of the model is identical to the first version.) |
Resulting Action Sequence describes how the collective results of controlled molecular actions proceed back up through the same hierarchy.
©1995-2008 Ackley Associates Last revised: 6/29/08
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