I’ve just learnt of the death of Herb Gintis. Here is an obituary. I’d met him at a San Diego meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics in 2010. Lovely and interesting man. Behavioral economicscomplexityHerbert Gintis
My chum Péter Érdi has a new book about to be published, endorsed by none less than Albert-László Barabási. Albert-László Barabásicomplexitycomputational intelligencePéter ÉrdirankingSocial network
As ever, anything that Tom Froese is a part of, is worthy of attention. This just published article is made feely available here. agent-based modelingCognitive neurosciencecomplexityEmbodied cognitionenactivismsituated cognitionTom Froese
We are pleased to announce that C+T is now listed on Santa Fe Institute’s Complexity Explorer, the preeminent curated open access site for complexity studies of a technical and non-technical nature. Whether you want to get some basic understanding of complexity in its many guises or you are looking to refresh your extant knowledge, there is…
The Santa Fe Institute Education Podcast that mixes green chile with complexity science. chillicomplexitygastronomy
I want to bring your attention to a collaborator of mine’s book which though very salient some three years ago, has in light of events in the interim, a more heightened sense of urgency. chaos theoryextremesLevy walksNetwork Sciencenon-linear dynamicsTed Lewis
The very excellent Yaneer Bar-Yam et al have a new paper published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface and freely available as a preprint here. Complex systemscomplexitycomputational intelligenceglobal brainNew England Complex Systems InstituteSocial mediatwitterYaneer Bar-Yam
Sam Harris chats with David Krakauer head of the complexity mecca — Santa Fe Institute. SFI offers some free programmes of real substance and difficulty well worth signing up for in an attempt to offset the illiteracy of philosophers on unavoidable matters of complexity. complexitycomputational intelligencecomputational modelingDavid KrakauerethicsneurosciencePhilosophyPhilosophy of mindPhysicssam harrissanta fe institutescience
With my good chum Péter Érdi at The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers mega shindig. Check out Peter’s excellent book (the title is as bold as Dennett’s Consciousness Explained) and now that Peter is head honcho for Cognitive Systems Research consider submitting something to them — it’s a very ecumenical journal with a nice balance between the philosophical and…
Available for free download here. The special theme of the conference: How can the synthetic study of living systems contribute to societies: scientifically, technically, and culturally? The goal of the conference theme is to better understand societies with the purpose of using this understanding for a more efficient management and development of social systems. AutopoiesisCarlos GershensonCollective…
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