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[http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/68  Robert Wright:] How cooperation (eventually) trumps conflict. Tedtalk
 
[http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/68  Robert Wright:] How cooperation (eventually) trumps conflict. Tedtalk
  
[http://radio.weblogs.com/0107127/stories/2003/01/01/tippingPointNetVersion.html Tipping Point]: sometimes change can come very quickly in unpredictable ways and from very small beginnings.
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[http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/216 Howard Rheingold] talks about the coming world of collaboration, participatory media and collective action -- and how Wikipedia is really an outgrowth of our natural human instinct to work as a group. As he points out, humans have been banding together to work collectively since our days of hunting mastodons. TEDtalk video.
  
  
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''Emergence'' by Steven Johnson [http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/complexity/course/emergence06/bookreviews/lcyckowski.html review] [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/02/22/johnson.html interview]
 
''Emergence'' by Steven Johnson [http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/complexity/course/emergence06/bookreviews/lcyckowski.html review] [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/02/22/johnson.html interview]
  
[http://books.google.com/books?id=Qpjye4jeRmoC&dq=mark+buchanan+nexus&pg=PP1&ots=bIBrgnBGZR&sig=r6dMCsHraNkzuF3UGhEiLFlemB4&hl=en&prev=http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=HMf&q=mark+buchanan+nexus&btnG=Search&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title&cad=one-book-with-thumbnail Nexus] Mark Buchanan
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[http://books.google.com/books?id=Qpjye4jeRmoC&dq=mark+buchanan+nexus&pg=PP1&ots=bIBrgnBGZR&sig=r6dMCsHraNkzuF3UGhEiLFlemB4&hl=en&prev=http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=HMf&q=mark+buchanan+nexus&btnG=Search&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title&cad=one-book-with-thumbnail Nexus] Mark Buchanan.
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[http://books.google.com/books?id=MMlxzMNkE_0C&dq=tipping+point&pg=PP1&ots=hgYAKGnzC3&sig=DybvkwTUHdAuHYwGLjCE8WN89fA&hl=en&prev=http://www.google.com/search?q=tipping+point&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title&cad=one-book-with-thumbnail Tipping Point]
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[http://radio.weblogs.com/0107127/stories/2003/01/01/tippingPointNetVersion.html Summary]: sometimes change can come very quickly in unpredictable ways and from very small beginnings.

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One of the most valuable skills you can take from studying the environment is that it helps you to think about systems as a whole.

General historical overview

Deborah Gordon studies ant colonies in the Arizona desert. She asks: How do these chitinous creatures get down to business -- and even multitask when they need to -- with no language, memory or visible leadership? Her answers could lead to a better understanding of all complex systems, from the brain to the Web. TEDtalk video.

The Big Picture, why complexity matters. Rees TEDtalk

Robert Wright: How cooperation (eventually) trumps conflict. Tedtalk


Howard Rheingold talks about the coming world of collaboration, participatory media and collective action -- and how Wikipedia is really an outgrowth of our natural human instinct to work as a group. As he points out, humans have been banding together to work collectively since our days of hunting mastodons. TEDtalk video.


Books

Emergence by Steven Johnson review interview

Nexus Mark Buchanan.

Tipping Point Summary: sometimes change can come very quickly in unpredictable ways and from very small beginnings.

Subcategories

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Articles in category "Systems Thinking"

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