Complexity and how we respond to it

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Chris Rodgers sparked an intense and interesting conversation with (among others) Dave Snowden with this post: Self-organization and emergence as natural dynamics of organization. It’s not light reading but I think it uncovers some interesting differences in how we choose to view human systems. I may post some more detailed thoughts later.

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Open Sauce Surgery

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Rage Boy exuberant

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Pillars…

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Enough moralising, already

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