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The power of focused attention

The power of focused attention

Last month I was lucky to spend several weeks luxuriating in complexity science. Hosted by the Santa Fe Institute, the Complexity Interactive program is a virtual, part-time course focused on complex systems— equal parts lecture, discussion, group project, and mental orgy. Attendance was a gift to myself after many years

Text notes: Architecture of Complexity

Text notes: Architecture of Complexity

> “In this paper I should like to report on some things we have been learning about particular kinds of complex systems encountered in the behavioral sciences.” An outline of Herbert Simon’s 1962 essay, “The Architecture of Complexity“ INTRODUCTION Objective: Describe the usefulness of complex systems across fields. By being

The Arch. of Complexity, the points that resonate

The Arch. of Complexity, the points that resonate

Herbert Simon’s The Architecture of Complexity [http://www2.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/ArchitectureOfComplexity.HSimon1962.pdf] is the text I keep returning to when reflecting backwards and forwards. For a concise summary of that essay, check out these Text Notes [https://infraculture.org/2020/09/10/text-notes-architecture-of-complexity/]. For a brief