a network is the way something is organized. it is reliable in its structure.

I don’t think I have an answer for you, to be totally frank (and entirely useless.) Once I figured out that I didn’t really know what the difference was between systems and networks, I just left it at that. I wanted to approach this experiment with as much tabula rosa as I could muster.

That said, I suppose I was approaching the whole thing from a very linguistic standpoint. When does is it appropriate to use the word system and/or network, and in what context? At what point does something/someone constitute a system and/or a network, and at what point do they not? I’m really looking for limits in the definition of both words, so that once I have a solid understanding of what these words mean literally I can then expand the conversation to something more abstract.

Does that help at all, or did I just ramble? I’m watching “Goodfellas” as I type this post-turkey-coma, so I’m not in my most “enlightened” state…(despite looking very much like a Buddha on my lotus flower, read: couch)

Nice post. I have a question for you. Can you give us readers a way to start to consider what is a system and what is a network? I want to know which meanings of each word you are starting from in terms of your longer term investigation. I look forward to your answers!