Intransparency

The solution of the problem of self-generated indeterminacy and intransparency seems to require a Temporalization of the world situation of the system, just as, conversely, intransparency is generated in order to gain the possibility to deal with time without being caught in inconsistencies. This does not mean that dealing with intransparency must be done in time, that is, at datable points in time. That goes without saying. Rather, our conjecture is that the solution lies in the way time differences are used.

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General systems theory shows that the combination of self-referential operations and Operational Closure (or the re-entry of output as input) generates a surplus of possible operations and therefore intransparency of the system for its own operation.

LUHMANN, Niklas und Dirk BAECKER, 2017. Die Kontrolle von Intransparenz. Berlin: Suhrkamp. Suhrkamp Taschenbuch Wissenschaft, 2231. ISBN 978-3-518-29831-2