In a not-quite-recent discussion about macro scale structures (mostly corporations, governments, skewed economies, social / digital media spaces etc) and how they might be screwing …
Traffic flow, ‘jamitons’ and trucks
…I like the word jamiton*… this idea of a traffic jam “particle”… a component of a deceleration wave travelling backwards through traffic from something concrete …
“the planet is fine; the people are fucked”
A commenter here posted this link and I found it rather interesting…As in, a useful perspective to keep in mind, every now and again. I …
Failure nets : the ‘dark matter’ of complex systems
A thought: Complex systems are prone to fail and, knowing that, we build into them every manner of defense against such outcomes. If we consider …
SYN-ACK? (or, the fragility of human relationships)
<mood-warning>rambling vague psychobabble</mood-warning> Human interactions are interesting things. One thing I have learned about them is that an incredibly huge proportion of every set of …