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Constructal Law Conference 2019 – UNISINOS, Porto Alegre, Brazil

The Constructal Law Conference 2019 marks the latest of a series of 15 seminal conferences bringing together a growing international group of scientists, engineers and artists to further understanding of the Constructal Law and the Second Law.

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Posted in: Art, Constructal Law, Infodynamics, Infonomics, Information Machines, Mark Heyer, Philosophy of Science, Uncategorized

The Age of Connectivism – Chapter One

In ten short years, the introduction of iPhone/smartphone technology has sparked what is arguably the fastest and most pervasive social transformation in the history of the human race. I call it the Age of Connectivism.

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Posted in: Infonomics, Information Machines, Mark Heyer, Philosophy of Science, Society

Energy, information and wealth creation

Information products – cell phones, smart phones and the Internet require abundant, inexpensive supplies of energy and are essential to increase our global wealth and enable people everywhere to create their own wealth.

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Posted in: Constructal Law, economics, Mark Heyer, Society, Theory, Uncategorized

Channel vs flow dominance – the physical basis for a constructal theory of information

Dominance is the ability of one entity to cause change in another. Flow and channel are in constant tension over which will dominate. This is a key feature of the Constructal Law, which defines the characteristics of all information systems.

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Posted in: Constructal Law, Evolution, Mark Heyer, Philosophy of Science, Theory, Uncategorized

Anything is Possible – Just Paddle

Deep in the mountainous rainforest, the natives looking on in amusement, we began our journey by pushing our humble dugout  canoe…

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Posted in: Mark Heyer, Philosophy of Science, Uncategorized

Stardust to Gold – Universal evolution, the Constructal Law and my wedding ring

I’m looking at my gold wedding band.
Its gold was created in a supernova explosion billions of years ago.
How did it get to my finger?

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Posted in: Constructal Law, Evolution, Mark Heyer, Philosophy of Science

Infonomics, Thermodynamics and Trump

How could a professor of engineering from Duke University and a cartoonist independently predict the outcome of the 2016 US presidential election correctly, without knowledge of political strategy, access to pundits, supercomputers or funding – while all the so-called experts got it wrong?

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Posted in: Constructal Law, Infonomics, Mark Heyer, Society, Uncategorized

The Living Sand

Although the designs of nature might seem random, they are not.

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Posted in: Constructal Law, Evolution, Mark Heyer, Philosophy of Science, Theory

The Video Game Origin of Infonomics

The very first successful video game, Pong, pointed the way to the use and value of interactive information – to infonomics

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Posted in: Business, Infonomics, Information Machines, Mark Heyer, Society, Uncategorized

User Push vs. Market Pull – A business case for Infonomic analysis using the Constructal Law

How does a product go from bright idea in a single mind to wildly successful global product?  This short essay…

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Posted in: Applications, Business, Constructal Law, Infonomics, Mark Heyer

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