AI Snips
Chapters
Transcript
Episode notes
Complexity as Emergent Systems
- Complexity is not just an everyday term but a scientific model explaining unpredictable, emergent patterns from simple agent interactions.
- Organizations are better understood as complex adaptive systems where outcomes arise from interdependent agent behaviors, not top-down plans.
Stable Instability in Social Life
- Social life shows predictable patterns yet remains dynamically unstable due to ongoing interplay of cooperation and competition.
- Stability arises from continuous local interactions that produce a paradox of 'stable instability' in complex adaptive systems.
Bread Making as Improvisation
- Chris Mowles describes baking bread as an improvisational act and not just following a recipe.
- He adapts to the dough's condition in real time, illustrating complexity in everyday habits.