
Beyond Structural Racism
KPFA - Against the Grain
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The Fundamentals of Complexity Theory
M, you note that in the past few decades, philosophers and social scientists have paid increasing attention to a body of research known as complexity theory. So i think complexity theory understands the world in terms of complex systems. By complex they mean a system of a very particular kind. These systems are open, so they ar connected with other systems. They are comprised of systems. A, they are far from equilibric, meaning they are always in to maintain stability. And they're really unpredictable. Sometimes they act with complexity. Ah, we see a disproportion between cause and effect.
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