Definitions
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- noun cybernetics A process of
attraction andrepulsion in which the internal organization of asystem , normally anopen system , increases in complexity without being guided or managed by an outside source.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun organizing yourself (especially organizing your own labor union)
Etymologies
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Examples
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They have shown a remarkable degree of self-organization using the new technologies.
Stephen Balkam: Egyptians Demonstrate Digital Citizenship Stephen Balkam 2011
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They have shown a remarkable degree of self-organization using the new technologies.
Stephen Balkam: Egyptians Demonstrate Digital Citizenship Stephen Balkam 2011
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They have shown a remarkable degree of self-organization using the new technologies.
Stephen Balkam: Egyptians Demonstrate Digital Citizenship Stephen Balkam 2011
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They have shown a remarkable degree of self-organization using the new technologies.
Stephen Balkam: Egyptians Demonstrate Digital Citizenship Stephen Balkam 2011
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They have shown a remarkable degree of self-organization using the new technologies.
Stephen Balkam: Egyptians Demonstrate Digital Citizenship Stephen Balkam 2011
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They have shown a remarkable degree of self-organization using the new technologies.
Stephen Balkam: Egyptians Demonstrate Digital Citizenship Stephen Balkam 2011
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In fact, the rise of organic self-organization--the powerful force behind social media and its massive communities like Facebook, LinkedIn, QQ and Twitter--has already changed the marketplace and is an emerging threat to all industrial-age institutions, be they governmental, commercial, political, social, or religious.
Tom Hayes: Will Facebook Replace Labor Unions? Tom Hayes 2011
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In fact, the rise of organic self-organization--the powerful force behind social media and its massive communities like Facebook, LinkedIn, QQ and Twitter--has already changed the marketplace and is an emerging threat to all industrial-age institutions, be they governmental, commercial, political, social, or religious.
Tom Hayes: Will Facebook Replace Labor Unions? Tom Hayes 2011
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They have shown a remarkable degree of self-organization using the new technologies.
Stephen Balkam: Egyptians Demonstrate Digital Citizenship Stephen Balkam 2011
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They have shown a remarkable degree of self-organization using the new technologies.
Stephen Balkam: Egyptians Demonstrate Digital Citizenship Stephen Balkam 2011
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