[FRIAM] The quintessence of complexity thinking

[Nicholas Thompson]

All, 

Colleagues at my former institutution have asked me to provide a reading or other ...... representation .... that can be consumed in less than an hour that would give a sense of what it is "we" do in Friam, in Santa Fe, etc.  Hopefully not words ABOUT it but an example OF it, if you see what I mean, but we might have to settle for words.  If you had ONE SHOT at turning a colleague into a complexitist, what would you do with him/her.  

Does FRIAM have some suggestions????  

A related question in my mind:  if agent-based-models come closest to capturing the essense of complexity thinking,  WHY?  

Discuss.   I will collect your responses and forward them on to Worcester. 

Nick 


Nicholas S. Thompson
Research Associate, Redfish Group, Santa Fe, NM (nick at redfish.com)
Professor of Psychology and Ethology, Clark University (nthompson at clarku.edu)
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