Tag: Complex Systems

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August 31, 2026

The Self-Organization of Coordinating Codes: Into and Out of the Iron Cage, by Francis Heylighen

Cultural codes enable collective action but constrain individual freedom. Could technology help us transcend these limits and create a “Global Brain”?

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August 20, 2026

How to Evolve an Evolvable Iron Cage, by David Sloan Wilson

Human cultures can evolve to become more adaptable by integrating evolutionary science, social science and the study of symbolic thought.

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August 25, 2025

How to Evolve Complex Systems, with Bill Barberg

How systems thinking helps communities solve tough problems and flourish.

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July 29, 2025

Herbert Simon and the Sciences of the Artificial, Through the Lens of a New Paradigm

Herbert Simon’s visionary work laid the foundations for a new paradigm uniting evolutionary science and complex systems thinking.

Peer-Reviewed

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June 5, 2025

Evaluating Narratives of Conscious Evolution

Every person is in a position to start consciously evolving their meaning systems for the groups in their own lives.

February 3, 2012

An Israeli professor’s ‘Eureqa’ moment

Researchers created a computer program that generates mathematical formulas which explain various scientific phenomena.

Technology

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