In his seminal essay on the question ‘How Can the Mind Participate in Communication’, Niklas Luhmann stated: ‘The autopoiesis of social systems is nothing more than this constant process of reduction and opening of connective Possibilities’ (Luhmann 2002, 172).
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symbiosis | BrE sɪmbʌɪˈəʊsɪs, sɪmbɪˈəʊsɪs, AmE ˌsɪmbaɪˈoʊsəs, ˌsɪmbiˈoʊsəs | pl. symbioses | sɪmbɪˈəʊsiːz | noun (Biology) (also figurative) Symbiose (Fem.)