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Stuart Kauffman and Cynthia Sue Larson at UC Berkeley, August 15, 2015
Sensing Adjacent Possibles
Stuart Kauffman recognizes the importance of future, uncertain possible states that he calls “adjacent possibles,” which he’d originally utilized in the context of biochemistry when defining the current set of organic molecules or “actual” systems as,
“all the kinds of organic molecules on, within, or in the vicinity of the Earth, say, out to twice the radius of the moon.”
Kauffman then differentiated that the “actual” set was separate from the “adjacent possible,” where “all of those molecular species that are not members of the actual, but are one reaction step away from the actual.” Kauffman expanded the context of where we might find adjacent possibles in the realm of evolving human social, cultural, and economic systems in his book, Humanity in a Creative Universe:
“New goods and production capacities are new Actuals that are enabling constraints that do not cause, but enable new, typically unprestatable Adjacent Possible economic opportunities into which the economy “flows,” creating again new unprestatable new Actuals that enable yet new Adjacent Possibles. Economic evolution is open-ended, creative, beyond entailing law, and radically emergent.”
Social transformations and evolution appear to exhibit both a sensitivity to initial conditions, as well as something that systems-thinkers refer to as “path-dependence”–which together can help us glimpse where we may start to recognize and appreciate formation of Adjacent Possibles. There is an ongoing, iterative process at work here, such that the “strange attractors” of chaos theory that emerge and stabilize even amidst deterministic chaos become new Actuals.
And humans are apparently made to perceive and process remarkably subtle information, as Sean O’Nuallain describes regarding his research with Walter Freeman, appreciating the brain’s fractal architecture. O’Nuallain proposes,
“that the brain functions far from thermodynamic equilibrium. We suggest that the brain moves in an extremely high-dimensional state space in a manner facilitated by the fact that it is permeated with self-similarity, both spatial and temporal. At the spatial level, self-similarity ensures that, in fractal fashion, each neuron changes in step with the cortex as a whole. In temporal fashion, self- similarity results in the power spectrum of much slower theta waves traversing the brain being identical to, if slower than, much faster gamma waves. Several times a second, the brain enters a limit cycle in which it becomes extremely sensitive to incoming stimuli. Therefore, even without mechanisms like stochastic resonance, we humans can detect stimuli as weak as a few photons, or a few parts per billion of scent. The brain is geared to process novelty as it is to process low entropy information.”
Sanity in Alignment
In our participatory cosmos, there can be advantage in asking questions you truly wish to live the answers to, which is how I formulated the question that led to this article:
Given that we exist within evolving consciousness, how best can we foster self-organizing sanity on an individual basis that can flourish to become greater than any inferior agenda, scheme, or plan?
The sanity some of us long for will be felt and seen when we sense Adjacent Possible realities featuring such noble attributes as: honesty; integrity; balance; respect; kindness; wisdom; and love. We will be able to feel these attributes, and we can already reward them with our time, attention, effort and energy. By nourishing these Adjacent Possibles, we are assisting in creating best possible Actual futures for ourselves and future generations to come.
For Best Outcomes, Ask Optimal Questions
I highly recommend adding “How good can it get?” to every activity, thought, meditation, and day in order to invite optimal positivity into the world. When we move forward with our attention and intention focused on my favorite question, “How good can it get?” we invite ourselves to trust and have faith in natural abundance of creation.
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REFERENCES:
Kauffman, Stuart A. Investigations. Oxford University Press, 2000.
Kauffman, Stuart A. Humanity in a creative universe. Oxford University Press, 2016.
Larson, Cynthia Sue. “Evidence of shared aspects of complexity science and quantum phenomena.” Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy 12, no. 2 (2016): 160-171.
O’Nualláin, S., & Doris, T. (2012). Consciousness is Cheap, Even if Symbols are Expensive; Metabolism and the Brain’s Dark Energy. Biosemiotics, 5(2), 193-210.
Peterson, John; Kelly, Penny; Braden, Gregg; and Dennis, Kingsley. “Looking Ahead at 2024.” Quartet. January 20, 2024. https://arlingtoninstitute.org
Westley, Frances, and Katharine McGowan, eds. The evolution of social innovation: building resilience through transitions. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017.
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Cynthia Sue Larson is the best-selling author of six books, including Quantum Jumps. Cynthia has a degree in physics from UC Berkeley, an MBA degree, a Doctor of Divinity, and a second degree black belt in Kuk Sool Won. Cynthia is the founder of RealityShifters, and first President of the International Mandela Effect Conference. Cynthia hosts “Living the Quantum Dream” on the DreamVisions7 radio network, and has been featured in numerous shows including Gaia, the History Channel, Coast to Coast AM, One World with Deepak Chopra, and BBC. Cynthia reminds us to ask in every situation, “How good can it get?” Subscribe to her free monthly ezine at:
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