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W. Brian Arthur (Part 2) on "Prim Dreams of Order vs. Messy Vitality" in Economics, Math, and Physics

COMPLEXITY

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Algorithms Are Stories About Processes

Algarithms are stories about how processes set in motion other processes or stop processes happening. But they're not deterministic, and you can feed in some form of randomness to create a new structure. This action happens. That action triggers that action inhibits those actions. And if you have enough of that, then something else happens. It's like saying we can do geometry pretty well in three dimensions. Let's try to do it noun six dimensions. On principle, sure, but the language is awkward.

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