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Complexity and the study thereof, specifically in scientific analysis.
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Going with the Flow: Learning from Fish Could Prevent Crowd PanicGoing with the Flow Learning from Fish Could Prevent Crowd Panic Large crowds can be controlled intelligently, as long as the stewards or security personnel are posted in the right places. One Berlin biologist has studied the behavior of schools of fish and devised solutions to prevent ...
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THEORY OF SURPRISE - THEORY OF NOVELTY - THEORY OF INTERESTINGNESSWhat's interesting? Many interesting things are unexpected, but not all unexpected things are interesting or surprising. According to Schmidhuber's formal theory of surprise & novelty & interestingness & attention, curious agents are interested in learnable but yet unknown regularities, and get ...
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THEORY OF BEAUTY - FACIAL ATTRACTIVENESS - LOW-COMPLEXITY ARTAmong several patterns classified as "comparable" by some subjective observer, the subjectively most beautiful is the one with the simplest (shortest) description, given the observer's particular method for encoding and memorizing it.
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The new dynamics of strategy: Sense-making in a complex and complicated worldOver the past several years, our group has been conducting a program of disruptive action research using the methods of narrative and complexity theory to address critical business issues. Action research has been defined as grounding theory in contextual exploration, emphasizing participation, ...
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Becoming Human: Brain, Mind and EmergenceWelcome to the Counterbalance Interactive Library, offering new views on complex issues from science, ethics, philosophy, and religion. Here you'll find extensive resources on the evolution/creation controversy, biomedical ethical challenges, and much more. Please choose from the starting points ...
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2The Network University? Technology, Culture and Organisational Complexity in Contemporary Higher EducationThe social construction of technology use in education.Giorgio Bertini added 11 months ago
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2The Viable Systems Model Guide 3equoted "The most remarkable story involves the application of the VSM in Chile in 1971. Beer was invited by President Salvador Allende to study the entire social economy and to make changes to the existing systems of organisation. In the 18 months before Pinochet came to power in a bloody coup, ...Giorgio Bertini added 11 months ago
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2Learning to share learning - an exploration of methods to improve and share learningMore on sharing and social learning at Conversations, Learning and Change . Social Learning and Networks . Web for Change .Giorgio Bertini added 11 months ago
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2Learning to ShareMore on sharing and social learning at Conversations, Learning and Change . Social Learning and Networks . Web for Change .Giorgio Bertini added 11 months ago
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2Using Emergence to Take Social Innovation to ScaleNOTE: more resources on emergence and change at the Twines Conversations, Learning and Change . Change Methods and TheoryGiorgio Bertini added 11 months ago
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