FASHION Magazine

Word: Holarchy

Meaning: A universal structure in which each component, or holon, is both a part and a whole; both separate and part of something bigger.

Usage: “Humanity is amalgamating into a collective intelligence, a global brain, able to react and respond to threats as a holarchy, without centralized control.” — Daniel Pinchbeck in Dazed & Confused

For years it seemed that the best band ever to come from…uhh…Milton, Ontario, would remain forever “that big band on Arts & Crafts that isn’t Broken Social Scene.” Will the Most Serene Republic’s grandiose new album, …And the Ever Expanding Universe, change their fate? Not likely.