Living Cognitive Society: a `digital' World of Views
Viktoras Veitas, David Weinbaum (Weaver)

TL;DR
This paper introduces the concept of the Living Cognitive Society, a dynamic, interconnected social system framework based on individuation theory, emphasizing relationships and processes over stable structures to adapt to rapid societal change.
Contribution
It proposes a novel conceptual framework for understanding society as a living, cognitive, and evolving system influenced by ICT disruptions, grounded in philosophical theory of individuation.
Findings
Society can be modeled as a fluid, interconnected cognitive system.
ICT disrupts traditional social mechanisms and structures.
Distributed social governance is a key future research area.
Abstract
The current social reality is characterized by all-encompassing change, which disrupts existing social structures at all levels. Yet the prevailing view of society is based on the ontological primacy of stable hierarchical structures, which is no longer adequate. We propose a conceptual framework for thinking about a dynamically changing social system: the Living Cognitive Society. Importantly, we show how it follows from a much broader philosophical framework, guided by the theory of individuation, which emphasizes the importance of relationships and interactive processes in the evolution of a system. The framework addresses society as a living cognitive system -- an ecology of interacting social subsystems -- each of which is also a living cognitive system. We argue that this approach can help us to conceive sustainable social systems that will thrive in the circumstances of…
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