Issue Articles
ACADEMIC
Options complexes
In business, as in nature, situational agility is a condition for access to resources and hence for adaptation and survival. But can strategy deliver such agility? And does the intentionality of individual players help to shape the strategy? Real opt... Read More
with MAX BOISOT
ACADEMIC
Fluctuations and order in ecosystem dynamics
The model by Prigogine and Nicolis suggesting how microscopic fluctuations can instigate major changes in macroscopic configurations stands as a landmark contribution, helping to incite the current explosion of interest in complex systems. This model... Read More
ACADEMIC
Coordination processes in open source software development
Although open source projects have been subject to extensive study, their coordination processes are still poorly understood. Drawing on organization theory, this paper sets out to remedy this imbalance by showing that large-scale open source project... Read More
ACADEMIC
Complexity, stories and knowing
In this article, the author argues that storytelling is a biological imperative for human beings, the psychological mechanism by which they can capture the coherent perceptions of an unknowably complex world required for survival. After examining how... Read More
PHILOSOPHY
Ethical implications of the laws of pattern abundance distribution
Scientific theories have often been used to justify social actions. In the 19th century, Darwinian concepts were used to vindicate both greed and racism, and statistical patterns served as a means of rationalizing human brutality and resource distrib... Read More
with JEFFREY A. LOCKWOOD
CLASSIC
A form of logic suited for biology
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