In the natural systems, there are some notions of unpredictability. But as you scale up, out of those degrees of freedom and choice, is there no real truth to be found in there? One of the things I'm interested in is sort of planetary processes and understanding. So part of the book looks at ways in which we can learn lessons from natural order. And then on the other hand, there is this notion of a functional society with certain social foundations.

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