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Brian Goodwin taught me that the most important lesson of complexity science is a shift of intention away from prediction and control to appropriate participation . The mental, emotional and psychological state of an intervener affects the outcome of any systems intervention. If we stop wanting to control change and shift to a responsive dance with... See more
Daniel Christian Wahl • Emergence and Design
Perhaps the greatest “phase transition” in our thinking that such an approach could engender is the maturation in our willingness to live with relatively high levels of uncertainty in the domains of complex phenomena—and thus give up on ideas like complete “cures,” the elimination of “risk,” the design of perfect “stability,” and achieving total “s
... See moreJessica C. Flack • Worlds Hidden in Plain Sight: The Evolving Idea of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute, 1984–2019 (Compass)
Addressing complex social challenges requires deep strategic commitment coupled with radical tactical flexibility.