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Systems and Constraints

34 points by jger15 6y ago

viburnum 6y ago
I’m a sucker for any kind of complexity theorizing but I don’t see where this is going.
- hyperman1 6y ago
  I've always felt the same about all those fractals and chaos books: Pretty pictures, feigenbaum constant, ... All fascinating, but I never saw any real application from it. Now this might be because chaos theory was in its infancy, or because the books for the public were too dumbed down. In that case, these applications might also apply here. Anybody an idea?
weeksie 6y ago
Martin Gurri is fascinating. His book Revolt of the Public is available through Stripe Press. Worth the read about our current cycle of bang/whimper crises and how our new communication styles lead to public actions that tend to have little consequence compared to past uprisings, even though they tend to dwarf the latter in number of participants.
- lioeters 6y ago
  Thank you for mentioning the book - I put it on my reading list. Below is a summary: > Technology has categorically reversed the information balance of power between the public and the elites who manage the great hierarchical institutions of the industrial age government, political parties, the media. > The Revolt of the Public tells the story of how insurgencies, enabled by digital devices and a vast information sphere, have mobilized millions of ordinary people around the world. > Originally published in 2014, this updated edition of The Revolt of the Public includes an extensive analysis of Donald Trump's improbable rise to the presidency and the electoral triumphs of Brexit and concludes with a speculative look forward, pondering whether the current elite class can bring about a reformation of the democratic process and whether new organizing principles, adapted to a digital world, can arise out of the present political turbulence.
jonstewart 6y ago
“The Koch family has supported the organization, and Charles Koch serves on the group's board of directors.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercatus_Center https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercatus_Center That said, Tyler Cowen’s ethnic dining guide has been infallible.
ihm 6y ago
Worth mentioning for those who don’t know that Mercatus is a Koch-funded ideology and policy generator (I prefer this to the more obfuscatory “think tank”).

34 points by jger15 6y ago

viburnum 6y ago

I’m a sucker for any kind of complexity theorizing but I don’t see where this is going.

hyperman1 6y ago
I've always felt the same about all those fractals and chaos books: Pretty pictures, feigenbaum constant, ... All fascinating, but I never saw any real application from it. Now this might be because chaos theory was in its infancy, or because the books for the public were too dumbed down. In that case, these applications might also apply here. Anybody an idea?

weeksie 6y ago

Martin Gurri is fascinating. His book Revolt of the Public is available through Stripe Press. Worth the read about our current cycle of bang/whimper crises and how our new communication styles lead to public actions that tend to have little consequence compared to past uprisings, even though they tend to dwarf the latter in number of participants.

lioeters 6y ago
Thank you for mentioning the book - I put it on my reading list. Below is a summary: > Technology has categorically reversed the information balance of power between the public and the elites who manage the great hierarchical institutions of the industrial age government, political parties, the media. > The Revolt of the Public tells the story of how insurgencies, enabled by digital devices and a vast information sphere, have mobilized millions of ordinary people around the world. > Originally published in 2014, this updated edition of The Revolt of the Public includes an extensive analysis of Donald Trump's improbable rise to the presidency and the electoral triumphs of Brexit and concludes with a speculative look forward, pondering whether the current elite class can bring about a reformation of the democratic process and whether new organizing principles, adapted to a digital world, can arise out of the present political turbulence.

jonstewart 6y ago

“The Koch family has supported the organization, and Charles Koch serves on the group's board of directors.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercatus_Center https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercatus_Center That said, Tyler Cowen’s ethnic dining guide has been infallible.

ihm 6y ago

Worth mentioning for those who don’t know that Mercatus is a Koch-funded ideology and policy generator (I prefer this to the more obfuscatory “think tank”).