What is Critical Complexity?
Knowledge is an organized and dynamic set of interdependent rules. An example of a rule: “if UNEMPLOYMENT increases then NEW HOUSEContinue Reading
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Is a Global Post-Critical Society Possible?
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Isn’t Everything a ‘Complex System’?
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Complexity, Criticality and the Drake Equation
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Resistance to Shocks Ratings of 28 EU Member States
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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
Complexity – A New Approach to SETI
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Why Has Our Ability To Engineer Complex Products Diminished?
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Will Global Trade Recover Anytime Soon?
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