Although put of by the title of the first section: A Paradigm Shift,
I forgave and proceeded. (He deftly explains in the preface and
apologizes for its overuse).
This guy is at the very least "for real". He's had a sabbatical at
SFI. His discussions include the entire Who's Who within our world.
Doyne Farmer, Brian Arthur and John Geanakoplos debated factors of
"Complexity Economics" with him. He's spent time at U of M with
Scott Page, John Holland and others. John Sterman was one of his
advisors. Many, many other of our friends are mentioned, naturally
including Stuart, Melanie, Watts, Murray, Bar-Yam and more. Not
bad. Certainly earned the Complexity Merit Badge!
So, yes, although I've barely cracked the book, its clear this could
be a real winner. It is not as "popular" as Freakonomics .. with
real references and pointers into the literature. And he's not too
bad a writer either.
I could go on, but I'd prefer to whet your appetite sufficiently so
that you'd read it too and we can "compare and contrast" so to
speak. Make a great wedtech panel discussion.
Thank you Justin.
-- Owen
Owen Densmore http://backspaces.net
On Jan 18, 2007, at 9:17 AM, Justin Lyon wrote:
> Colleagues,
>
> I just finished reading the most amazing book:
>
> _Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of
> Economics_ by Eric D. Beinhocker
>
> For those of you that heard my speeches in the UK or in Brazil on why
> traditional economics is a pseudo-science, you will know my feelings
> about most economists (with the exception of Dr. Dante Suarez and a
> few
> others).
>
> It's like Eric wrote a manifesto for why we formed Simudyne. Thank
> you Eric!
>
> Get thee to a bookstore and read it if you are interested in
> simulation
> science (or complexity science or non-linear science or whatever we're
> calling it today).
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