Merrelyn Emery, 2026

I am pleased to present my latest and last book, a heartfelt plea to take open systems seriously. We are a brilliant species but we have fallen into a very deep hole. If we had had a science which was genuinely always based on reality, we may not be in this hole, and may have a more assured future. While there has always been a strand of science which is based on accurate descriptions and explanations of reality, it has been, in too many circumstances, overtaken by its closed systems relative. Far too many branches of science have succumbed to the hypothesis of mechanism and the first design principle. Here we look at a collection of examples in which science has taken a wrong direction while the alternatives are always available. In  many ways, it is a bit of a romp through these problems so I hope you find it enjoyable as well as instructive.

An Open Systems Science – Social Science That Actually Works