What’s the deal between ‘industrial logic’ and biological logic?
“Industrial processes follow a clear, linear, hierarchical logic that is fairly easy to put into words, probably because words follow a similar logic: First this, then that; put this in here and then out comes that.”, Michael Pollan in his book “The Omnivore’s Dilemma”, p. 212, www.michaelpollan.com Relationships in biological systems, like Agricultural raw ingredient (ARI) supply chains, form loops rather than a straight, step-by-step, line. ‘Loop logic’ is where a change in one aspect of a system directly and indirectly affects all other aspects of the system, as well as any other system that is in close proximity. It’s this ‘loop logic’ of biological systems that make it difficult to tell the difference between subjects, objects, causes and effects. The difficulty comes from the subtle, but significant power that comes from interconnected reciprocal actions. Most ARI consumers use an industrial logic in their processing plants and their ‘downstream’ or ‘outbound’ supply chain. And t
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