ANY human endeavor needing more than one person to get the job done right requires a shared vision of cooperation to complete the task. The organizational metaphors we work by have changed over the centuries. But dead devices can never supply a viable vocabulary for describing human interactions in groups. Our use of language and acts of communication spin the web of all our relations. Relationships create our world.
Communication is the central process of life.
Without a shared social contract, society soon descends into chaos. Entropy quickly gathers speed, unraveling the social fabric, then disorder returns, a brave new leader conquers the throne, another dynasty falls, and so the cycle replays in every generation. We beseech gods for heroes and anointed kings, then slay the saints who tame the dragons. We make war, not peace in our time. Lacking a sense of our interdependence, we disdain self determination.