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The pioneer in this line of research is the University of Michigan professor Scott E. Page. He has spent the past twenty years building a convincing case for what he calls the “Diversity trumps ability” theory,
Steven Johnson • Future Perfect
Alex Komoroske • Coordination Headwind - How Organizations Are Like Slime Molds
Tyler Cowen • Why don't more businesses use prediction markets? - Marginal REVOLUTION
As Scott Page put it in his brilliant book The Model Thinker, for any complex phenomenon we need many models that can challenge each other, in this case including not just epidemiological models but also economic and social models.
Geoff Mulgan • Another World Is Possible: How to Reignite Social and Political Imagination
Complex Adaptive Systems: An Introduction to Computational Models of Social Life (Princeton Studies in Complexity)
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idiosyncratic approaches and differences in experience. If enough peculiar people get together, something new is going to happen. Author Scott Page has shown that as systems get more complex, diversity creates ever more benefits.
Seth Godin • The Practice
Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
Paying attention to what departments are represented in powerful positions provides an important clue as to where the power lies.