Is it Progress if a Cannibal Uses Knife and Fork?
The North American XB-70 Valkyrie was a (beautiful!) tri-sonic bomber developed in the early sixties. It was, even by today’sContinue Reading
Month: September 2016
Is a Global Post-Critical Society Possible?
Every dynamical system possesses a characteristic value of complexity which reflects how information is organized and how it flowsContinue Reading
Isn’t Everything a ‘Complex System’?
What distinguishes a theory from a conjecture? For example a characteristic constant (G, c, h, K, etc.) or a fundamentalContinue Reading
Complexity, Criticality and the Drake Equation
Frank Drake devised an equation to express the hypothetical number of observable civilizations in our galaxy: N = Rs nhContinue Reading
Resistance to Shocks Ratings of 28 EU Member States
The EU28 Resistance-to-Shocks (RtS) ratings. To navigate the Complexity Maps, click on the corresponding icon. Hover and click the mouseContinue Reading
How Complex is the Ulam Spiral?
From Wikipedia: “The Ulam spiral, or prime spiral (in other languages also called the Ulam Cloth) is a simple methodContinue Reading
Artificial Intuition 