Feedback loops can be thought of as self-perpetuating situations, or active tautological events. The study of language evolution provides a way of thinking about the effect of feedback loops over time.
Note: We were both unaware of the book I Am A Strange Loop (2007) by Douglas Hofstadler at the time [...]
Teilhard writes of the unfolding of the material cosmos, from primordial particles to the development of life, human beings and the noosphere, and finally to his vision of the singularity.
Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre (1959) The Phenomena of Man
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Currently this is a topic receiving serious attention from some people. We highly recommend these books by Howard Bloom as fascinating looks at behaviors of social groups as super-organisms:
The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History
Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century
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