In the early 1910s and teens, a group of artists said is there a different way of looking at other than realistic painting? And first comes analytic Cubism, which is people know that sort of painting from Picasso and Quangri. Then came synthetic Cubism: How did you put those parts together again to represent the scene in a novel way so that you can see the whole differently? That's what we call emergence in our field. It says, we don't want to do reductionism. We're trying to understand how these parts come together to create new patterns and functions.
What is complexity science, and why should you care about it? Well, complexity science is all about understanding the systems that are all around us — systems like the economy, your body, cities, companies, and the environment. To properly understand how these systems work, and how they fail, you need to understand complexity science. Because complexity science provides us with the underlying principles that govern these systems.
In today's episode, we speak to David Krakauer, President and William H. Miller Professor of Complex Systems at the Santa Fe Institute. He explains the underlying principles of complex systems and what they have in common — even if they all seem completely unrelated. He also talks through the history of complexity science and provides his top three takeaways on how you can start to think about complex systems.
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