Category:Systems Thinking

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.

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.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/42 The Big Picture], why complexity matters. Rees TEDtalk

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

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

Books

Nexus Mark Buchanan