COMPLEXITY

Michael Garfield & David Krakauer on Evolution, Information, and Jurassic Park

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Jun 30, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
Michael Garfield on Complexity
01:44 • 2min
3
The Lost World, 1995
03:43 • 3min
4
The Evolution of Combinatorial Language
06:53 • 2min
5
Complex Systems Science and Machine Learning
08:57 • 3min
6
Machine Learning Versus Complexity Science
12:01 • 2min
7
The Impact of SFI on Economics
14:18 • 2min
8
Lindgren's Prisoners Dilemma Tournament
16:27 • 5min
9
The Complexity of Intelligence
21:03 • 2min
10
The Creative Misuse of Technology
22:57 • 2min
11
The Treadmill Red Queen Dynamics of Successive Inventions
25:04 • 2min
12
The Sublinear Scaling of the Economy of Scale
27:09 • 1min
13
The Paradox of Open-Ended Growth
28:29 • 5min
14
The Importance of Ecological Dynamics in Economics
33:08 • 2min
15
How Market Ecology Explains Market Disfunction
35:30 • 5min
16
The Protopianism of Cryptocurrency
40:59 • 3min
17
The Division of Labor in Ants
44:19 • 2min
18
The Evolution of Ant Behavior
46:00 • 2min
19
The Fluid Task Allocation of Ants
48:02 • 4min
20
The Myth of the Modern Self-Authoring Self
51:32 • 2min
21
The Complexity of the Nervous System
53:57 • 2min
22
The Role of Early Warning Signals in Critical Transitions
55:36 • 4min
23
The Hourglass Emergence Model
59:54 • 2min
24
The Importance of Individual Agency
01:02:10 • 2min
25
Bayesian Reasoning and the Immune System
01:03:58 • 3min
26
The Innovation of Baysian Reasoning
01:06:57 • 4min
27
The Inherent Tensions Between Individual Agency and Institutional Demand
01:10:39 • 2min
28
The Locus of Information
01:12:24 • 2min
29
The Importance of Brain Size in the Evolution of Life
01:14:46 • 3min
30
The Energy of Punch Cards
01:17:47 • 4min
31
The Importance of Noise in Childhood
01:21:35 • 2min
32
The Evolution of Childhood
01:23:22 • 2min
33
The Exploit Trade-Off in AI
01:24:58 • 2min
34
How to Find a New Idea
01:26:38 • 2min
35
The Pros and Cons of Exploring the High Temperature and Low Temperature Perspectives
01:28:13 • 3min
36
Michael Garfield's High Temperature Exploration
01:31:29 • 2min
37
The Importance of Qualitative Approaches to Analysis
01:33:38 • 2min
38
The Ethics of Power and Control
01:35:46 • 4min