I'm noticing a resurgence of interest in classical systems theory that mildly worries me. I suspect it is being driven by an infectious desire to theorize the…
Summary: Thinking in Systems (by Donella H. Meadows)
The main argument of the book: Everything in this world is made of systems. While we cannot fully understand systems, we can observe them…
How to read | Robert Heaton
Five years ago I realized that I remembered almost nothing about most books that I read. I was reading all kinds of non-fiction - pop-psychology, pop-economics, pop-sociology, you name it - and felt like quite the polymath auto-didact. But one day, after I had finished blathering at a friend about how much I had enjoyed Thinking, Fast and Slow, they asked for a quick summary of the book’s overall thesis. I thought for a while, mumbled something about System 1 and System 2 and how I had only really read...
Theory Beyond Theorems and Proofs: A Guest Post
Scott’s foreword: I’m extremely grateful to my brilliant colleagues, Pravesh Kothari, Raghu Meka, and Prasad Raghavendra, for sharing the guest post below about how theoretical computer…
Matt Darling (@besttrousers)
“Darling’s thesis is the first compelling explanation I’ve seen for the vibecession…What surprises me, though, is how comparatively little attention this theory has gotten”. I am being silenced.
What Theory is Not, Theorizing Is
Weirding Diary: 4
The Things Fall Apart series on Epsilon Theory is an excellent exploration of the Great Weirding, particularly the "As Above, So Below" principle: “As Above,…
Vector theory of change — a theory of change for complex systems - The Cynefin Co
We're launching a short explainer on vector theory of change, which describes how approaches to theory of change thus far have not been suitable for complex systems, and how vector theory of change helps to rectify these issues. It walks you through vector theory of change step by step: starting from where you are, setting direction and finding stepping stones, designing interventions, and monitoring continuous feedback as opposed to recklessly aiming for a fixed endpoint at any cost.
AI Data Centers Will Be Obsolete (Geometric Reasoning Explained)
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Curious about systems — how they behave, how they fail, and what they get up to when nobody is steering.
Reality Blind - Vol. 1
Integrating the Systems Science Underpinning Our Collective Futures
Jacob Barandes - “A Deflationary Account of Quantum Theory & Implications for the Complex Numbers”
Jacob Barandes | Quantum Theory as a New Kind of Stochastic Process
Jacob Barandes | Quantum Theory as a New Kind of Stochastic Process
Spirits and the incompleteness of physics
Complexity, renormalization, and the spirits beyond the horizon of theory
math complex systems
papers added probably have a bio connection or implication i made
Quantifying causal emergence shows that macro can beat micro | PNAS
