The more I progress in microbiome science the more I think diversity is not the key value, resilience is.
But I encounter more and more stories of stable systems, and niche ecosystems.
Stable systems
It’s a bit the same than quantic states when you think about it. (Idea from the Science of Myths)
That could be translated by: what quantity of energy do you need to go from one stable state to another in a given niche.
Exchange systems
“there is no life without dialogue” A. Camus
Darwin law of the fittest is being shifted to a multicentric system, an entropic system.
The winning system is the one with the most exchange.
Assemblages
(from The Mushroom at the end of the world)
Based on the terroir theory, any system is varying in space, time and environment.
(page 7)
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