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The 10 features of complex systems: Part 1

Simplifying Complexity

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Emergence and Complex Systems

There's no conception of complexity or complex systems that does not involve emergence. Emergence is a concept that really needs to be picked apart because it's so full of expectations, he says. In all complex systems, the whole displays behavior that the individual parts cannot. It makes it not obvious you can't get an ant trail with a single ant.

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