Understanding Complexity
Recent years have seen the introduction of concepts from the new and exciting field of complexity science that have captivated the attention of economists, sociologists, engineers, businesspeople, and many others. Interest in these intriguing concepts is widespread because of the utility of this field. Complexity science can shed light on why businesses or economies succeed and fail, how epidemics spread and can be stopped, and what causes ecological systems to rebalance themselves after a disaster. But it's also a science that remains largely unknown, even among well-educated people. Now you can discover and grasp the fundamentals and applications of this amazing field with Understanding Complexity. In 12 lucid lectures, you learn how complexity science helps us understand the nature and behavior of systems formed of financial markets, corporations, native cultures, governments, and more.
Professor Scott Page shows you how complexity science helps us understand the nature and behavior of financial markets, corporations, native cultures, and other systems that play important roles in our increasingly complex world.
Understanding Complexity 12 Lectures
Complexity—What Is It? Why Does It Matter?
Simple, Rugged, and Dancing Landscapes
The Interesting In-Between
Why Different Is More
Explore Exploit—The Fundamental Trade-Off
Emergence I—Why More Is Different
Emergence II—Network Structure and Function
Agent-Based Modeling—The New Tool
Feedbacks—Beehives, QWERTY, the Big Sort
The Sand Pile—Self-Organized Criticality
Complexity versus Uncertainty
Harnessing Complexity