“There's no love in a carbon atom, no hurricane in a water molecule, no financial collapse in a dollar bill” -
To understand how the world works, you need to understand complexity. This is an amazing & beautiful intro to complexity science: complexityexplained.github.io
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A particularly relevant example of complexity science covered in the introduction is herd immunity, where you can explore different models and assumptions.
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This reminded me of two talks by Alan Kay. The power of simplicity youtube.com/watch?v=NdSD07 and education that takes us into the 22nd century: youtube.com/watch?v=R1R2jH. In the latter I particularly recall his bottle metaphor of tipping points at youtu.be/R1R2jH4PQEo?t=
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Now there's a subject worth pursuing at degree level. What a superbly written piece.
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Hey --
Given your appreciation for complexity, I think you'll like this.
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I want to see this with old school kung fu movie fight punching sounds playing.
Reading the first bit of it just makes me think of the "Indian joint family"....can explain complexity science to myself by just visualising the complexities of the Indian joint family...many components interacting in multiple ways with each other...!
Hey Ethan, just fell upon the wonderful place that is complexityexplained. Do you know if the guys that created it are still active? Do you yourself work with them or on similar projects?
