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The idea that systems can reproduce and maintain themselves points to questions about the nature of life and organization.

How notions of control within and among systems challenge traditional understandings of communication.

Only variety can destroy variety; this has implications for managing complex systems and understanding complexity itself.

The blending of organic and mechanic components challenges our definitions of humanity and identity.

Systems designed with purposes question the nature of intentionality and agency, especially in artificial intelligence.

Considering knowledge as a form of control has implications for the way we understand learning and cognition.

The maintenance of stable conditions in a system leads to questions about balance and equilibrium in both organisms and societies.

This examines the implications of applying cybernetics to social and political systems.

The concept of actions within a system being regulated by the consequences they produce.