Sublime

Highly complex, self-sustaining structures, whether cells, organisms, ecosystems, cities, or corporations, require the close integration of enormous numbers of their constituent units that need efficient servicing at all scales. This has been accomplished in living systems by evolving fractal-like, hierarchical branching network systems presumed op

need for senior talent would remain high, the group could accommodate a broader array of talents since it would have the ability to empower an individual by supplementing his or her…

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that people—or, if you like, automata, algorithms—can and do act in situations that are not well defined.

The widespread lack of motivation we witness in many organizations is a devastating side effect of the unequal distribution of power.

Ellen Cousins researches fraud for trial lawyers. Her research naturally roams from medicine to business. She has wide-ranging interests on the side, from collecting historical artifacts to embroidery, laser etching, and lock picking. She conducts pro bono research on military veterans who should (and sometimes do) get upgraded to the Medal of Hono

“How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature that interest him in the fortunes of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it.”