AoE #23 - Understand You Control Nothing, But Influence Everything

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May 28, 2024

Exploring the balance of control and influence in complex systems, from ant colonies to financial crises. Discussing the power of neurolinguistic programming in navigating unpredictability. Emphasizing the importance of understanding emergent phenomena and influencing desired outcomes in interconnected networks.

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Systems Are Nested Unities

A system is a group of interdependent but interrelated elements forming a unified whole.
Everything, from atoms to societies, can be viewed as nested systems inside larger systems.

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What Makes A System Complex

Complex systems contain diverse, adaptive, interdependent entities that interact over time and space.
Adaptiveness (entities changing behavior) distinguishes complex systems from simple ones.

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Unknown Interdependencies Break Prediction

Unknown and often unknowable interdependencies make prediction hard inside complex systems.
Simple systems allow diagnostic control; complex systems defeat that certainty.

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🎙️Episode 23: Understand You Control Nothing, But Influence Everything! 🎧Welcome to episode 23 of Agents of Everything, where we explore the intricate balance of control and influence in life's complex systems. In this episode, we shine a light on how neurolinguistic programming (NLP) can help us navigate the complexities of the 21st century. From understanding systems to embracing emergent phenomena, we make our way into dynamic interplay of interdependent elements that shape our reality. Join me in unpacking the nature of influence and control, the unpredictability of complex systems, and the art of achieving desired outcomes in the vast network of our interconnected world.

🔍 Episode Contents:

00:00 The focus is on achieving positive outcomes.

05:57 Predictable, interrelated parts create controllable, unified system.

07:46 Systems are hierarchical and interrelated, forming wholes.

10:47 Driving is in our control until it's not.

14:18 Car parts are non-adaptive, complex systems adaptive.

19:58 Emergent behavior in ant colonies and riots.

22:57 Neurolinguistic programming and complexity in control systems.

26:11 Financial system can be nonlinear and unpredictable.

28:01 Navigating complex systems to influence desired outcomes.

32:46 Receiving inputs but giving opposite results, influence in systems.

36:22 Dialogic approach focuses on creating difference in real-time.

38:32 Understanding sports dynamics, training, and influence.

44:42 Control butterfly effects and steer towards goal.

45:53 Closing unusual episode, invite questions and interaction.

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James Tripp

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