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Complexity by M. Mitchell Waldrop — WisdomDeck honest review
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Complexity

by M. Mitchell Waldrop

The founding of the Santa Fe Institute and the science of emergence: Arthur, Kauffman, Holland, Gell-Mann. Intellectual history as adventure.

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  1. Increasing returns.
  2. Edge of chaos.
  3. Interdisciplinary rooms produce ideas.

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