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AMA | April 2024

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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Phase Transitions and Scale-Free Dynamics

This chapter explores phase transitions in physics and their parallels in social dynamics, highlighting the role of network connections in fostering change. It delves into scale-free behavior and power laws, examining their implications in finance, biology, and consciousness while posing intriguing questions about critical tipping points.

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