Week 3-Cybernetics, Autopoiesis, and Evolution

Autopoiesis in this view seems to encompass things that are able to isolate from the outside world, yet still recreate from parts of themselves, or not. Cells are a biggie, but I like the idea of societies and institutions within societies having a homeostatic nature. Even things we think are autopoietic(is that a word?), maybe are not...like the article mentioned, worms burrowing holes, humans putting pipes through Alaska, both are examples of coevolution by helping to create other life forms by what we have left behind or our interactions with nature and the world around us.