Gaps and errors have likely occurred. For more accurate citations, please consult the original presenters. Systems paradigm has similarity to Internet, as interconnection 1. Far from equilibrium states, small changes have big results. When things boil up, want to be the new base.
Social structures are autopoetic, constantly reproducing themselves.
How research came about. First needed to create some result from 30 works. In the end, Habermas agreed that do need courts, money, etc. This, can see society as dissipative structure, which always changes. We structure reality on the basis of expectations.