Simplifying Complexity

Scaling 3: Why companies die, but cities don't

Mar 6, 2023

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Introduction

2min

The Scaling Laws and Cities

4min

The Power of Cities in Complex Systems

4min

The Economics of Scale in Cities

3min

The Scaling Law of Cities

2min

The Scaling Laws of Cities

4min

The Positive Feedback and Continuous Renewal of Cities

3min

The Importance of Diversity in Cities

4min

In the last few episodes, we learnt all about scaling laws or power laws and how they apply to mammals. In this episode, the final part of our discussion of scaling and complex systems, for now, we're looking even bigger.

We're joined again by Geoffrey West, Shannan Distinguished Professor and Former President of the Santa Fe Institute, who in this episode will be leaving mammals behind to look at other complex systems. In particular, Geoffrey is going to explain how scaling laws apply to cities or companies.

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