Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Visible Universe Starts With - Believe It or Not - Correlation -- 2 Correlation=Differentiation=Order -- 3 Some Basic Characteristics of this Ordering Process as Thus Conceived -- 4 Hierarchy and Emergence Theories -- 5 Causation -- 6 The Arrow of Time -- 7 Complexity -- 8 Life -- 9 Energy -- 10 Globalization (Make It or Break It) -- 11 Ethics, Thermodynamics, and The Anthropocene -- Appendix A: Note on Ontology and Epistemology -- Appendix B: A Selection of Human Social Conventions Which Favor Cooperative, and Thus Correlated, or Coordinated, Behavior -- Appendix C: Quantitative Wikis For Energy Supply and Distribution Modeling -- References -- Index.

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