Sure, the examples you give can be described as complex systems. But did any of those examples actually come out of university complexity science departments? Or were developed by people who identified themselves as complexity scientists? i.e. Were they the results of advances in the field complex science specifically? I'm pretty sure that the examples below were all appropriated by complexity science after the fact.
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On 7/24/06, Carlos Gershenson <
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So here's the question: in the field of complexity science, exactly what can we do now that we could not do 15 years ago?
just some things... I'm sure I'm missing some important ones... (can't see what's everywhere)1. complex networks2. systems biology3. synthetic life, i.e. protocells (well, not here yet, but give it another two years...)4. Internet (well, it was just starting... say 20 years ago?)Cheers,Carlos Gershenson...Centrum Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit BrusselKrijgskundestraat 33. B-1160 Brussels, Belgium"Tendencies tend to change..."
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