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The model of the metasystem was developed as the result of research grant proposals to the Nasa Institute of Advanced Concepts in the Spring of 2001, and as the cumulative consequence of many years of theoretical development within a natural systems framework. This model has been subsequently refined and modified in a number of different directions. We may say in synopsis that a metasystem is a scientific "system of systems" and, since we are ourselves enmeshed at every level in systems, both natural and humanmade, the capability to step outside of our own systems frameworks, even if just indirectly, provides us a handle on a level of complexity in problem solving that is otherwise unavailable to us with only resort to conventional analytical methodologies found in science.

Many natural systems are by definition metasystems. The entire biosphere of the earth may be said to be a kind of biological metasystem that achieves a superlative degree of self-contained stability and self-organizational equilibrium in spite of many periodic fluctuations. Human cultures and human civilization in general as a transculturational pattern are also structurally metasystemic. On a physical level, it is becoming increasingly evident that the gravitational field of space-time, in relation to energy and matter, constitutes a kind of universal metasystem as well.

Ludwig Von Bertalanffy, in his exposition of General Systems Theory, spoke of the tendency for systems to start out in a various possible states, but to converge upon an equilibrium point of a steady, albeit dynamic, node. He refered to this as systems "finality" and he proposed that this principle can replace the conventional term "causality" as it is used in the traditional sciences. From this standpoint, there is a sense of inevitable finality about the general directions that development of human-based systems on earth must proceed in if human civilization is to achieve a long run and stable adaptation both on and beyond the earth--in short, if human civilization is to succeed in developing a global metasystem.

The broad outlines of what such a global metasystem must look like are fairly clear and certain at this stage--in other words we can look fifty or a hundred years hence down the road and with a degree of predictive certainty say what must happen, if not what will happen, if we are to continue to succeed as a biological species on earth. These broad outlines include the following components:

1. A solar-hydrogen based energy economy, with associated global infrastructural development, that dwarfs by scale, power output and achieved working efficiencies any energy system available to us today.

2. A fully self-contained human habitation and metabiotic resource system, probably extended to marine, submarine, subterranean and peripheral earth regions, as well as to space colonies independent of the earth.

3. A metacultural system of global human civilization and social organization that promotes human development and productivity and that can effectively mediate conflict and violence in constructive ways.

4. The emergence of a fully integrated and automated global metasystem of enivornmental monitoring, information processing and mechanical articulation based upon the application and extension of artificial intelligence.

Though it is relatively easy to agree on the broadest outlines of the global metasystem, it becomes increasingly problematic as to what such a system will look like in almost any and every one of its details. The same general goals can ultimately be achieved in a number of different ways, and it is expected that on a local level the landscape of metasystems design will be unique and vary widely in its possible configurations. There is no need therefore to elaborate every detail, but there is a great and urgent need rather to rapidly elaborate upon and explore the full range of possibilities that are afforded within a metasystems framework.

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	Global MetaSystems \| home Global MetaSystems \| Mission \| Objectives \| More Information \| About Us \| More About Us \| Table of Organization \| General Overview \| Main Subsystems \| Current Projects & Programs \| More Information More Information The model of the metasystem was developed as the result of research grant proposals to the Nasa Institute of Advanced Concepts in the Spring of 2001, and as the cumulative consequence of many years of theoretical development within a natural systems framework. This model has been subsequently refined and modified in a number of different directions. We may say in synopsis that a metasystem is a scientific "system of systems" and, since we are ourselves enmeshed at every level in systems, both natural and humanmade, the capability to step outside of our own systems frameworks, even if just indirectly, provides us a handle on a level of complexity in problem solving that is otherwise unavailable to us with only resort to conventional analytical methodologies found in science. Many natural systems are by definition metasystems. The entire biosphere of the earth may be said to be a kind of biological metasystem that achieves a superlative degree of self-contained stability and self-organizational equilibrium in spite of many periodic fluctuations. Human cultures and human civilization in general as a transculturational pattern are also structurally metasystemic. On a physical level, it is becoming increasingly evident that the gravitational field of space-time, in relation to energy and matter, constitutes a kind of universal metasystem as well. Ludwig Von Bertalanffy, in his exposition of General Systems Theory, spoke of the tendency for systems to start out in a various possible states, but to converge upon an equilibrium point of a steady, albeit dynamic, node. He refered to this as systems "finality" and he proposed that this principle can replace the conventional term "causality" as it is used in the traditional sciences. From this standpoint, there is a sense of inevitable finality about the general directions that development of human-based systems on earth must proceed in if human civilization is to achieve a long run and stable adaptation both on and beyond the earth--in short, if human civilization is to succeed in developing a global metasystem. The broad outlines of what such a global metasystem must look like are fairly clear and certain at this stage--in other words we can look fifty or a hundred years hence down the road and with a degree of predictive certainty say what must happen, if not what will happen, if we are to continue to succeed as a biological species on earth. These broad outlines include the following components: 1. A solar-hydrogen based energy economy, with associated global infrastructural development, that dwarfs by scale, power output and achieved working efficiencies any energy system available to us today. 2. A fully self-contained human habitation and metabiotic resource system, probably extended to marine, submarine, subterranean and peripheral earth regions, as well as to space colonies independent of the earth. 3. A metacultural system of global human civilization and social organization that promotes human development and productivity and that can effectively mediate conflict and violence in constructive ways. 4. The emergence of a fully integrated and automated global metasystem of enivornmental monitoring, information processing and mechanical articulation based upon the application and extension of artificial intelligence. Though it is relatively easy to agree on the broadest outlines of the global metasystem, it becomes increasingly problematic as to what such a system will look like in almost any and every one of its details. The same general goals can ultimately be achieved in a number of different ways, and it is expected that on a local level the landscape of metasystems design will be unique and vary widely in its possible configurations. There is no need therefore to elaborate every detail, but there is a great and urgent need rather to rapidly elaborate upon and explore the full range of possibilities that are afforded within a metasystems framework. Sorry for the Inconvenience! You have reached the current limit of our web-construction activities, please turn back and explore other avenues!