Abstract
Duncan K. Foley of The New School for Social Research and Santa Fe Institution reviews “A Crude Look at the Whole: The Science of Complex Systems in Business, Life, and Society,” by John H. Miller. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Examines the core principles driving complex systems and their application to understanding new layers of complexity. Discusses true places; interactions; feedback—the stages from flash crashes to economic meltdowns; heterogeneity—from one to many; noise—from six sigma to novel cocktails; molecular intelligence—from scarecrows to slime molds; group intelligence—from bees to brains; networks—from lawn care to racial segregation; scaling—from heartbeats to city size; cooperation—from water temples to evolving machines; self-organized criticality—from stones to sand; and a complex trinity—from neutrons to life.”
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