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The 10 features of complex systems: Part 1

Simplifying Complexity

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The Role of Disorder in Complex Systems

In the absence of disorder, you essentially just get locked into how things work. And that's why we put disorder here as a necessary condition for structure to arise. On its own, it wouldn't be enough. The next one on the list will be feedback. So the disorder only in tandem with feedback is going to lead to order.

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