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A key insight or dreconceptualization
A homeostat

You see a Key Concept, one of the most important principles according to which the world in general and the world of people operate.

These concepts are referenced throughout the Patterns series, including the Patterns for Victory series and Us or Them!. A concise summary and two or three key examples are provided at the beginning of each volume. See other key reconceptualizations.

A key concept in a book of the series „Patterns”

(insight #2).

A homeostat

A homeostat is any autonomous or quasi-autonomous system capable of making decisions and taking actions that prolong its existence. In the case of living (biological) beings, the above definition must be expanded to include the ability to produce offspring.

The ability to make decisions (processing sensory data into a model/perception of the world) requires energy.

Acting on the basis of such decisions also requires energy. Both activities therefore require the acquisition of the ability and tools to obtain energy and resources from the environment... always at the expense of competitors, as resources are always limited. In a typical situation, this energy is obtained at the expense of other homeostats – in a zero-sum game, driven by the logic of "them or us!"

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