FOCAFET's networked community develops, builds and supports symbiotic ecosystems by drawing inspiration from the principles of symbiosis found in (quantum) nature. These principles serve as a guide for designing systems that are interconnected, cooperative, and mutually beneficial at scale.
Background
A symbiotic system operates through the collaboration of diverse components or entities, creating relationships that benefit the whole. The concept originates from biological symbiosis, where species interact to mutual advantage. In broader contexts, such as information, technology, business, or social systems, symbiosis emphasizes the shared benefits of collaboration and interdependence. Truly symbiotic systems work best at scale. More scale translates into more input possibilities that can combine into more possibilities as outputs.
Unlike many human systems that exhibit inherent biases or asymmetries, quantum systems are naturally symmetric and circular, enabling boundless scalability and symbiotic harmony. As quantum systems expand their inclusivity and capabilities, they become more robust and attractive compared to conventional systems with asymmetries, biases and leaks, which often degrade over time as a result of such constitution.
Building quantum-conscious, symbiotic ecosystems is a complex but transformative endeavor. Effective quantum systems require alignment across all domains. For instance, a functional quantum financial system depends on corresponding quantum legal, fiscal, and information systems, which, in turn, ideally use 'quantum data' (a combination of quantised meaning, quantum encryption and quantum entanglement). Additionally, those who design, manage, and (to a lesser degree) use these systems may require a certain level of quantum-consciousness to fully harness their potential. Fortunately, there are step-by-step migration paths towards the realisation of quantum ecosystems that provide increasingly more symbiotic advantages to its constituents.
Quantum systems are inherently scalable and interoperable by design. A strategic approach involves developing autonomous quantum capabilities and integrating them into larger 'quantum' ecosystems. With every addition, the system becomes better and systemically more competitive. More quantum-able systems with more connected functions, outperform less quantum-able systems, with less connected functions. As a result, when larger and more quantum-able systems emerge, they make non- or less quantum-able systems obsolete.
Step 1: Understanding and Collaborating on Quantum Symbiosis
The first step is to research, explain, and communicate the workings of quantum systems and their natural symbiotic design principles. By demonstrating how these principles underpin symbiotic harmony in natural ecosystems, we can chart a roadmap for building quantum symbiotic systems. To support this, an ontology — a set of foundational documents and blueprints — is shared. The ontology serves as inspiration and a framework for action. Over time, the ontology will evolve through community consensus.
Concurrently, there is a need to introduce 'quantum-inspired legal agreements' to facilitate constructive communal development work on symbiotic systems. Traditional legal frameworks do not respect 'common ownership' or 'common governance' as they only recognise 'individuals', 'individual parties' or 'groups of individuals' having 'rights' and 'obligations'. Such individuality induces asymmetries in ecosystems from the start. New 'possibility-based' agreements enable shared use and stewardship of resources without imposing individually assigned rights or obligations, facilitating cooperation while preserving collective intellectual capital. Although challenging to implement, these 'quantum-inspired' frameworks provide a more inclusive and equitable foundation for symbiotic collaboration.
Step 2: Information, Communication and Governance
For any large-scale ecosystem to function effectively, it must facilitate the sharing and governance of meaning among its participants. Current information and communication systems fall short, but applying quantum design principles can redefine networked information and communication systems at planetary scales. There are ways to 'quantise' and hyperstructure meaning in such ways that meaning becomes self-descriptive and can exist autonomously (without the need and above all boundaries of traditional applications).
The FOCAFET community has developed self-descriptive quantised meaning algorithms, or quantum semantics. Quantum semantic algorithms enable seamless communication and interoperability across human and machine systems.
This innovation in 'managing meaning' extends to governance, as applying meaning (like rules) to meaning is at the heart of governance systems. Quantum semantics enable interoperability among governance frameworks, facilitating direct interaction and governance among jurisdictions and even personal preference sets. Quantum semantic governance systems resemble the workings of DNA, a commonly created code, omnipresent in all cells, in which detailed roles and functions are defined for specific cells or organs (or institutions), while maintaining the systemic capability to change and revoke (parts of) that commonly defined code.
Step 3: Redefining Human Systems
Many foundational elements of human systems are dualistically degenerative, rooted in asymmetries such as:
These constructs lack circularity, bias-free operation, and alignment with the quantum nature of the universe. Outside of animalistic behaviour, these concepts also do not appear in nature. By dissolving these dualities, we uncover alternatives:
Reframing human systems around these concepts requires education, examples, and gradual application. Once integrated into quantum information systems, their benefits will become evident, driving further systemic change.
Step 4: Quantum infrastructure
One of the most profound promises of the quantum age is the unification of space and time through quantum entanglement. Entanglement eliminates temporal and spatial asymmetries. Time and spatial intervals provide existential foundations for asymmetric concepts like legal obligations and financial debts. For instance, legal obligations and financial debts emerge when - in the context of a transaction - the delivery of goods does take place at a different moment in time than the payment for those goods. When payment and delivery occur at exactly the same time (either physically, virtually or by means of quantum entanglement), no legal obligation or financial debt emerges in the transaction.
While large-scale quantum entanglement is still on the horizon, virtual event synchronisation can take away spatial and temporal asymmetries as interim solutions. By aligning (virtual or quantum entangled) economic, financial, legal, compliance, and fiscal processes in transactions in real-time, we can create transaction systems that operate free of debt and obligations. As quantum technology advances, synchronised transaction systems will become foundational, enabling seamless, equitable and symbiotic interactions across ecosystems.
Finally, with the use of quantum entanglement and quantum encryption, networks can become more secure with considerable improvements in the identification and particular authentication of people and resources.
Conclusive remarks
Quantum symbiotic ecosystems will revolutionise the ways in which we collaborate and interact. By leveraging quantum principles, we can redefine human systems and build scalable, interoperable infrastructures that can unlock a future of immense possibilities and shared prosperity. Each step forward brings us closer to creating systems that reflect the harmonious and boundless potential of nature and the universe.