The Birth Triangle: a New Approach to Study the Birth of Systems

Abstract

This paper is focus on the birth of systems. It starts with a physical model which provides some necessary conditions to the birth of a specific system: the fire. Next, a more general model: the birth triangle is presented. Similarly to the fire triangle, in the birth triangle two objects interact together when there is an activator. The notion of environment, in which the two objects are included, is also introduced. Different examples of application of this model from physics to human organizations are examined: conglomerates of matters, molecules, cells and markets. The first main interest of the birth triangle is to propose ways to induce the birth of systems and also to stop their development.  The second main interest of this model is to propose a new framework for a triggering condi- tion and thus a way to revise the question of causality of different factors. Indeed, with this model, it is the triangle which is causal (the set of the necessary factors and their conjunction). This new vision permits to avoid some quarrels to know which factor is the most responsible for something and some debates on which is the first inducer of an effect.