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The Self as a Dynamical System
13+ min · · Sciences of chaos and complexity theory reveal new universalities in nature applicable to psychology. This article proposes that the psychic structure long known as the “self” is best conceptualized…
Quanta Magazine
Complexity Scientist Beats Traffic Jams Through Adaptation
14+ min · · To tame urban traffic, the computer scientist Carlos Gershenson finds that letting transportation systems adapt and self-organize often works better than trying to predict and control them. · Shared by 17, including John Hagel, Gengo 🦁
Scientific American
Sand Pile Model of the Mind Grows in Popularity
8 min · · Support is growing for a decades-old physics idea suggesting that localized episodes of disordered brain activity help keep the overall system in healthy balance
Nautilus Magazine
Amazing, Autotuning Sandpiles Show Remarkably Complex Behavior
9 min · · Remember domino theory? One country going Communist was supposed to topple the next, and then the next, and the next. The metaphor… · Shared by 11, including Taylor Pearson