Annika Bontrager
@bontrannika
Annika Bontrager
It feels like a flip to a matriarchy is possible. And part of such a transition would need to include the realization that the problem is not that women do more work it’s that they do the work better, do more of it, and thus should have control over those areas. It’s an obvious way to start. To fix the problems caused by those with no experience in
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Making things easier IS progress. We don’t have to do this. We GET to do this.
Where does a sense of obligation come from? Why does it drive me so furiously? How can others live without one?
Complexity science, also called complex systems science, studies how a large collection of components – locally interacting with each other at small scales – can spontaneously self-organize to exhibit non-trivial global structures and behaviors at larger scales, often without external intervention, central authorities or leaders. The properties of... See more
Complexity Explained
Instead of forcing life to fit into our existing boxes complexity theory allows us to unlock a new way of navigating nuance and unknowns. It’s recognizing a higher order of patterns that are not there to be predicted, but to be noticed.
some form of complexity theory is required if we are to understand many of the intimate, and patently uncertain, interactions found in modern society.
Jessica C. Flack • Worlds Hidden in Plain Sight: The Evolving Idea of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute, 1984–2019 (Compass)
it’s the obstacle in our way of fairly living amogst so many other humans with technology that connects us so easily
"the question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim."
- edsger dijkstra