Mimicry is a complex and important topic across biology, markets, social networks, and other domains. It can lead to unexpected outcomes, as well as new sources of fragility.
I recently drove across America and back again. And here is what I saw and thought it meant, from truckstops, to wind farms, to EVs, to, AI.
Many actions make things worse when attempting to make them better. A subset of these activities introduces entirely new forms of unexpected risk.
This is Part 2 of a two-part series on the paradoxes of 19th-century economist William Stanley Jevons, and how, given modern energy markets, he is more important than
Economist William Stanley Jevons (1835-1882) is best known today for work he did as a kind of side hustle. And that side hustle is now changing our world.
This is a (free) post to highlight a recent talk I gave on AI, automation, and the future of work. This was for an event in Montreal, and it was
Some Monday thoughts on various topics in complex systems. As ever, if you see something to which you want to draw my attention, email me. 01. Canadian Housing as Pyramid
My latest note follows, this time on over-quantification fallacies, tech regulation, and Thoreau. If you have been forwarded this you can subscribe at my site. And I now also
A few things at the intersections of complexity, finance, and health. Today's topics: * Utah's dirty snow from dust blown off dried lakebeds is causing earlier snowmelt
AI risks, the future of oil, and some recent talks
