.... Design/methodology/approach – The author is using his concepts of information and its integration along with their mathematical formalization introduced in earlier publications to describe what constitutes an object, its identity and state. The concept of information used here is defined in terms...

...Dr Mustafa Ali; Liesbet Van Zoonen; Georgina Turner Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address the paradox in identity management that sees people happily sharing personal information in some circumstances, such as via social networks, yet defending their right to privacy in others...

..., which might be light in an optical fibre. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Identity Communication Information science Information Semantics General systems theorists have described matter, energy and information as fundamental categories in the contemporary world (Umpleby...

...Dr Mustafa Ali; Carson Grubaugh Purpose – To ask if humans have a categorical obligation to maintain narratives, especially personal narratives of identity? Or, are we better off evolving past such things? This question is closely related to a discussion of how and why humans tend to place value...

... limited by being a new approach. Findings Complex cybernetic systems must be authentic because authentic behaviour nurtures the system's identity and ensures that it is able to consistently generate a clear goal signal. It is also proposed that authenticity is important for coping with the “law...

... autopoietic identity systems. The semantic question “How does a student obtain information about design?” is changed to a structural question “How could students acquire a structure enabling them to operate innovatively in a modern design environment?” With the backing of cybernetic principles, it is apparent...