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Is general collective intelligence a reliable path towards achieving green growth?

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Through the invention of the organism, nature has already solved sustainability and many other wicked problems, and has demonstrated the successful operation of these solutions for hundreds of millions of years. Recent innovations in systems modelling suggest that from a functional modelling perspective an organism is a pattern that can be mimicked. By copying that model to define the concept of a 'general collective intelligence' software platform capable of orchestrating cooperation so human groups act as a single organism, for the first time in human history, solving wicked problems like achieving green economic growth and an exponentially greater impact on collective challenges such as climate change, might be reliably achievable. This statement is politically controversial because there are entire government bodies, industries, and international organisations operating on the assumption that existing approaches are sufficient, but it is also a realisation that is critical to recognising the need for new solutions if true.

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  • Andy E. Williams, 2022. "Is general collective intelligence a reliable path towards achieving green growth?," International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 21(2/3/4), pages 357-371.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijgenv:v:21:y:2022:i:2/3/4:p:357-371
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    1. Seema Bhardwaj & Kiran Nair & Muhammad Usman Tariq & Asad Ahmad & Asmita Chitnis, 2023. "The State of Research in Green Marketing: A Bibliometric Review from 2005 to 2022," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-16, February.

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