Adam Smith's invisible hand as self-control mechanism of social structures : theory and applications / / Tadeusz Szuba

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910624301703321
• Autore: Szuba Tadeusz M.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]; ©2022
• ISBN: 9783031062568; 9783031062551
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (404 pages)
• Collana: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems ; ; 477
• Disciplina: 006.3
• Soggetti: Computational intelligence; Equilibrium (Economics)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Important methodology remark -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Acronyms -- Part I Yesterday -- 1 History of Adam Smith's Invisible Hand Hypothesis-Circumstances of Its Origin and Further Development -- 1.1 Platforms for Adam Smith's Invisible Hand Emergence -- 1.1.1 Difference Between Physical Phenomena and Adam Smith Invisible Hand Phenomenon -- 1.1.2 Role of Life in Adam Smith's Invisible Hand Phenomenon -- 1.2 Personality of Adam Smith -- 1.2.1 What Adam Smith Really Wrote About Invisible Hand -- 1.2.2 Theological Reference to Adam Smith's Invisible Hand -- 1.3 What We Know for Sure Today About Adam Smith's Invisible Hand -- References -- 2 Importance of Invisible Hand Phenomena for Human Social Structures and Markets-From Interventionism to Liberalism Perspective -- 2.1 French Versus English Garden -- 2.2 Should We Consider Plants as Environment for Invisible Hand? -- References -- 3 Prominent Scientific, Macro-Economy Personalities and Politicians as Supporters and Critics of the Invisible Hand Idea -- 3.1 Key Advocates of Invisible Hand Idea -- 3.2 K. Arrow and G. Debreu Model -- 3.3 Man in the Middle-J. M. Keynes -- 3.4 Critics of Invisible Hand Idea -- References -- 4 Social Structure as Fundamental Computational Architecture to Host Invisible Hand Computational Processes -- 4.1 Is Adam Smith's Invisible Hand as ; Meta-control Strategy … -- 4.2 Elementary Invisible Hand Ruling Elementary Economy of Anthill -- 4.2.1 Anthill Economy -- 4.2.2 Invisible Hand Ruling Anthill -- 4.3 How Should Human Social Structures Be Organized … -- 4.3.1 Demonstration of Power of Organizational Economics -- 4.3.2 Organizational Economics-From Efficiency Toward Serfdom -- 4.3.3 Inca Economy-Underappreciated Example of Organizational Economics -- References -- 5 When Invisible Hand Emerges and When Disappears.; 5.1 The Invisible Hand in Life Practice-Two Achievements -- 5.1.1 Adam Smith's Invisible Hand-in the 18th Century United Kingdom Capsule -- 5.1.2 Battle Over Trade-Poland 1947-1989 -- 5.2 What Reduces and What Amplifies Invisible Hand -- 5.2.1 Favorable Environment for the ASIH-The Quest for a New Kind of Equilibrium -- 5.2.2 Impulse Activating ASIH -- 5.2.3 Populism as a Threat to ASIH -- 5.2.4 Lust for Power of Incompetent Individuals -- 5.2.5 Natural Disasters as a Threat to ASIH -- References -- Part II Today -- 6 Toward Understanding Invisible Hand as Hidden Computational Process -- 6.1 Short History of Computational Processes -- 6.2 Educational Example of Molecular Computations -- 6.3 Herbert Simon's Dream on Computational Models of Scientific Discovery -- 6.4 Adleman's Molecular DNA Computer -- 6.4.1 Criticism of Adleman's DNA Computer -- 6.5 Formal Models of Molecular Computations -- 6.5.1 Membrane Computations -- 6.5.2 Balanced Model of Molecular Computations -- 6.6 Invisible Hand as Hidden, Molecular Computational Processes -- 6.6.1 Role of a Way of Thinking (Inference System) for Invisible Hand Theory -- 6.6.2 What Is the Relation Between Butterfly Effect from Chaos Theory and the Invisible Hand? -- 6.6.3 Logic of Chaos-What Chaos Can Compute -- 6.6.4 Does the Invisible Hand as a Computational Process Goes Beyond the Turing Machine? -- References -- Part III Tomorrow -- 7 Invisible Hand as a New Control Paradigm for the Future Collectively Intelligent Social Structures of Quasi-Intelligent Robotics -- 7.1 Scientific Background -- 7.2 Intelligent, (Controlled by Invisible Hand) Self … -- 7.3 Application of Artificial Invisible Hand to Social Structures … -- 7.3.1 Nature of the Rescue Problem, After the Earthquake -- 7.3.2 Technology to be Used by CARITAS Rescue Robots -- 7.3.3 Design of the Future CARITAS Rescue Robot.; 7.3.4 Operational Schemes for CARITAS Rescue Robot -- References -- 8 Toward Understanding of Adam Smith's Invisible Hand for Human Social Structures/Markets -- 8.1 Is Invisible Hand a Universal Phenomena? -- 8.1.1 Robert Nozick's Model -- 8.1.2 Invisible Hand on the Platform of Modern Electronic Media (MEM), as the Engine of Fourth Estate (4th Estate) -- 8.1.3 Need for 4th Estate -- 8.1.4 Lockdown Calculation Problem, a Version of the Economic Calculation Problem -- 8.1.5 Who Controls the Worldwide Internet Network?-Is There Another Invisible Hand Ready to Be Born in the Depths of the Internet? -- 8.2 Is Invisible Hand Behind Great Geographic Discoveries? -- 8.3 Is Invisible Hand Controlling Today's Global World of Science? -- 8.4 Should Invisible Hand Be Considered as ``Thinking Being'' on the Basis of ``Cogito ergo Sum'', a Philosophical Proposition by René Descartes? -- 8.5 Can We Extend Turing Test for Individual Intelligence, to Detect the Invisible Hand in the Social Structure/Market? -- 8.6 Is Invisible Hand as ``Thinking Being'' Speaking in the Name of the Market/Social Structure? -- 8.6.1 What Language Is Used with Reference to the Social Structure or Market When Speaking This Way? -- 8.7 Are Conspiracy Theories a Symptom that People Widely, yet Unconsciously, Perceive as the Invisible Hand Acting? -- References -- Appendix Glossary -- Index.