A fascinating 7 minute TED talk by Sean Gourley.
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To build peace, first understand the dynamics of war
Posted in Benoit Mandelbrot, Chaos, Conflict and peace building, Evolution, Knowledge and learning, Networks, Pacifism, Public Policy on January 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
What Complexity Theory Owes To Pacifism
Posted in Pacifism, Public Policy, Reports and Studies on December 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The December edition of Nature features as its cover article a summary of new research on complexity theory and war, entitled ‘The Ecology of War’. It argues many collective human activities, including violence, have been shown to exhibit universal patterns. The research team, led by Neil Johnson, had previously shown that the distributions of casualties both in whole [...]