Simplifying Complexity is a podcast that explores the underlying principles of complex systems. In this episode, we'll hear from Karlina Wiesner, Professor of Complexity Science at Potsdam University in Germany. We're going to talk about what makes a complex system robust and when it tips or fails.
In our last episode with Tyler Marghetis, we learnt about how a complex system can tip from one state into another. But what happens when systems don't tip or fail? What makes a system robust?
In today's episode, we're talking with Karoline Wiesner, a Professor of Complexity Science in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Potsdam, Germany. She breaks down the characteristics of a robust system, through the context of an incredibly robust complex system — the ant colony.
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