Rejuvenation and Cancer
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Self-renewal is the key property of stem cells. Although they belong to the | Self-renewal is the key property of stem cells. Although they belong to the | ||
most beneficial cells and enable rejuvenation and regeneration of the body, | most beneficial cells and enable rejuvenation and regeneration of the body, | ||
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the disease is related to self-rejuvenation - will lead to something useful in | the disease is related to self-rejuvenation - will lead to something useful in | ||
the ongoing battle against this terrible disease. | the ongoing battle against this terrible disease. | ||
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| + | == Cancer in CAS == | ||
This rises the urgent question if artificial systems can develop some form | This rises the urgent question if artificial systems can develop some form | ||
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political systems ? This would perhaps be an element arising from the need | political systems ? This would perhaps be an element arising from the need | ||
for self-rejuvenation which proliferates, spreads and replicates itself until it | for self-rejuvenation which proliferates, spreads and replicates itself until it | ||
| - | has destroyed the whole system. | + | has destroyed the whole system. Joseph Schumpeter introduced a similar idea of |
| + | [[Creative Destruction]] in the context of capitalism. [[Creative Destruction]] | ||
| + | means one thing is replaced by another from within. | ||
* Ecologies systems allow the self-rejuvenation by “granting the right” to create new species and to explore new ways to survive. In an ecological system, this freedom can lead to mass extinctions or epedimics caused by parasites or viruses with the capacity to damage or destroy the whole ecological system. | * Ecologies systems allow the self-rejuvenation by “granting the right” to create new species and to explore new ways to survive. In an ecological system, this freedom can lead to mass extinctions or epedimics caused by parasites or viruses with the capacity to damage or destroy the whole ecological system. | ||
| - | * Economies allow the self-rejuvenation by granting the right to found new companies and to explore new market forms. In an economical system, this freedom can lead to market monopolies, which destroy the market system. Democracies allow the self-rejuvenation by granting the rights to found new parties, to assemble, to demonstrate, and to educate. In a political system, this can lead to terrorism or an ideology like fascism. In a religious system, it can lead to schisms and sects. | + | * Economies allow the self-rejuvenation by granting the right to found new companies and to explore new market forms. In an economical system, this freedom can lead to market monopolies, which destroy the market system. Or it can lead to disruptive innovations which destroy a large number of existing companies by [[Creative Destruction|creative destruction]] |
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| + | * Democracies allow the self-rejuvenation by granting the rights to found new parties, to assemble, to demonstrate, and to educate. In a political system, this can lead to terrorism or an ideology like fascism. In a religious system, it can lead to schisms and sects. | ||
* Science allows the self-rejuvenation by “granting the right” to create new theories and to explore new ways to explain nature. This freedom can lead to subsystems with the capacity to threaten the whole scientific system, for example in form of a paradigm shift. | * Science allows the self-rejuvenation by “granting the right” to create new theories and to explore new ways to explain nature. This freedom can lead to subsystems with the capacity to threaten the whole scientific system, for example in form of a paradigm shift. | ||
