what if what I desire I already possess? –mimicry and performance
Every portion of matter can be thought of as a garden full of plants or a pond full of fish. But every branch of the plant, every part of the animal (every drop of its vital fluids, even) is another such garden or pond. –GW Leibniz. 1714.Monadology. §67.
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Also see systems theorist Ludwig Von Bertanffy and cybernetics theory
http://www.isss.org/lumLVB.htm