Autopoeisis was coined by [[@Humberto Maturana]] and [[@Francisco Varela]]. The term itself means 'self-making', as in a system that actively participates in its own regeneration, repair, and reproduction. Under this terminology, machines are not autopoetic systems because they cannot metabolize energy from their environment. [[@Lynn Marguilis]] states that [[Gaia Hypothesis]] is autopoetic. However, Niklaus Luhmann coined the term [[Social Autopoeisis]] to describe how networks in a society act like autopoetic structures. ## Sources: - [[Capra Course]] - [[Social Autopoeisis]] - [[@Niklaus Luhmann]]