EP48 Jessica Flack on Complex System Dynamics
The Jim Rutt Show
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The Thorny Question of Emergence
In the cities case, there's like many, many variables that you could measure. How do you know which of the macroscopic variables describe qualities of cities? Well, the right ones in some sense are the ones that have a downward causation consequence and can perceive or read so they can tune again in response. Without taking the system's point of view, we can't know or titrate between microscopic interactions and the macroscopy world they're creating. We can't know what the right variables are, a priori.
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