Bejan's Constructal Law

Discussion

Cynthia Bourgeault:

". Bejan’s “Constructal Law” is an empirically derived dead ringer for the Gurdjieffian Law of Three. In this specific case first force (the active force) is the current moving through the flow system. Second force (“holy denying” or the force of constriction or resistance) is the medium through which the current flows: the earth that the tree root or river bed must force its way through, the physical structure that will contain the passengers rushing to their airline gates. Third force (“holy the reconciling”) is the Constructal Law itself, that dictates “in all cases, maximize ease of access.” My suggestion is that when we transcribe this to the political realm, it yields us our most effective functional definition of “the common good.” The common good is, effectively, third force. It is both fluid and firm, an algorithm for ensuring the most skillful situational mix of first and second force. And in the end, the resultant—the new arising— is a democratic biosystem which, like a tree, is always shifting and morphing, but alive and reaching higher, fed by all that has sustained it, and by all that calls it forth."

(https://cynthiabourgeault.org/2021/08/18/the-common-good-from-an-evolutionary-perspective/)