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
Tag: new complexity science
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
Why Has Our Ability To Engineer Complex Products Diminished?
The complexity of modern products, as well as the associated manufacturing processes, has increased over the past few decades andContinue Reading
Three Questions to Executive Chairman of Universal Ratings
Short interview with Dr. J. Marczyk, the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Singapore-based Universal Ratings Pte Ltd. See video here.
Global Financial Complexity Index Anticipates Dow Jones Falls.
The Global Financial Complexity Index™ (GFCI™) is a meta-index which measures the complexity of the global financial system. TheContinue Reading
Index Complexity – Science Confirms Intuition
Which of these US market indices is the most complex: DJI, NASDAQ or the S&P? Surely, it is the NASDAQ because itContinue Reading
The Principle of Ignorance
The Principle of Ignorance is a ‘corollary’ of the Principle of Fragility, which states: Complexity X Uncertainty = Continue Reading
Optimum-Complexity Portfolios: How to Invest in Turbulent Times
Research confirms that high portfolio complexity impacts negatively mid and long-term expected returns. This is because high complexity is aContinue Reading
Sustainability and the Dramatic Importance of Systemic Analysis
You only appreciate the importance of systemic analysis once you see the kind of new knowledge it delivers. There isContinue Reading
Car electronics: how much more complexity can we handle?
As we know, excessive complexity is a formidable source of fragility. If you want to make something fragile, make itContinue Reading
Artificial Intuition 