one interesting perspective on complexity is that of Ashby and his law of requisite variery. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety_(cybernetics)#The_Law_of_Requi

one interesting perspective on complexity is that of Ashby and his law of requisite variery. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety_(cybernetics)#The_Law_of_Requisite_Variety http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety_(cybernetics)#The_Law_o... this work was later manifested in the work of stafford beer creating a control center in chile during the 70s.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Cybersyn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Cybersyn).