COMPLEXITY Physics of Life, Ep 4: The physics of collectives
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Mar 13, 2024 Exploring the intelligent behavior of ants and its relevance to human societies. Discussing the role of city size in innovation and communication technologies. Highlighting the power of collectives in driving breakthrough inventions. Analyzing the necessity of rules for coherent functioning in complex systems.
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Structured Societies
- Societal structures, both physical and abstract, aren't random.
- Cities exhibit predictable patterns in their growth and outcomes.
Scaling of Innovation and Crime
- Innovation and crime in cities scale superlinearly with population size.
- Doubling a city's population increases per capita patents and crime by 15%.
Innovation's Requirements
- Innovation needs both novelty and impact to propagate.
- Larger cities have structural advantages for idea diffusion and implementation.