Complexity & Humanity 2.0
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Transcript of Complexity & Humanity 2.0
The Discovery of Complexity
We humans are virtuosic pattern-spotters…
We learn through pattern recognition & storytelling
‘Those who tell the stories rule society’
[Plato]
We’re masters ofinductive reasoning
Drawing conclusions frompatchy information inambiguous environments
Our behaviour is the opposite
of perfect rationality
= Much of traditional economic theory is broken
So what?
Humans don’t operatewithin an equilibrium system
Our world is a complexadaptive system
…dependent on networks
If a system reaches a state of equilibrium it’s essentially dead
We no longer seek perfection,but agility
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Every organism needs toeliminate its waste products
or else it poisons itself[Drucker]
The more massive an objectthe more energy is required to change its direction
Simple rules > complex behaviour
Complex rules > stupid behaviour
New business models embraceour inherent sociability
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‘The internet and associated technologies are so powerful because they unleash our social souls....our
incredible desire and need to live our lives in the company of others, to be social creatures’
- Mark Earls
The amount of solar energy we’re creating is doubling every 2 years
That means we’re just 8 doublings away from meeting 100% of our energy needs
And there’s 10,000 times more sunlight than we need
There’s a direct correlation between GDP growth & mobile use
Technology makesthe invisible visible
Enabling everyday citizens to play a rolein protecting the planet
Giving voice to the people who arewilling to work to see a better world
Open data enables medical treatments to be made quickly
‘Pessimism is a luxury of good times… in difficult times, pessimism is a self-fulfilling, self-inflicted death sentence’[Evelin Lindner]