Complex systems is the study of emergent phenomena. These occur when the behavior of a system as a whole is qualitatively different from that of its individual parts. A good example is the brain: An individual neuron is a relatively simple device that takes in stimuli from other neurons and produces new stimuli. An individual neuron is not consciou

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There will always be designers to design the Hummers and the bumper stickers, and there will always be designers to make websites to propagate the warnings and promises of David Foster Wallace. But a new generation of designers has emerged, concerned with designing strategies to subvert this “natural default-setting” in which each person understand... See more