
The Economy and Complexity Science: Part 2
Simplifying Complexity
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Theoretical Biology and Complex Adaptive Systems
Theoretical biology doesn't assume you come up with an equilibrium. Stu Kaufmann was more puzzled by the standard economic approach than he was by what I'd say. Biology is about systems of many interacting elements, they could be genetic elements or neurons in your brain. Whatever was happening in biology was always the process. It necessarily settled down. And when John gave his talk I thought yeah this is mild the interesting teaching computers how to play chess. If John Holland is the answer all we need to do is find the question.
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