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Scaling 1: Why do we live longer than mice?

Simplifying Complexity

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Introduction

This episode of Simplifying Complexity is part one of a three-part series. Jeffrey West, distinguished Shannon Professor and former President of the Santa Fe Institute will take us on a journey to answer these questions. We're going to talk about a huge part of complexity science, which is scaling. And while we'll start out talking about mammals, we'll end up talking about how companies and cities grow - because Jeffrey is really going to talks about the concept of scaling.

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