The question is about when there are lots of uncontested resources at first vs. when things have to switch to negotiating the use of contested resources. In the latter case users can eek out a fraction more by learning to coordinate their independent complex systems, or just do time sharing, or do some improbable transformative synergy to move the problem to another scale. In the former case unlimited resources and no negotiation means life is simple.
Is it possible that observing a blow-up of complexity might signal that independent parts of a system might be running into each other after exhausting the free resources available to both? It seems that being forced to negotiate with each other over contested ones might do that. Is there a computation analog? Phil Henshaw ¸¸¸¸.·´ ¯ `·.¸¸¸¸ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 680 Ft. Washington Ave NY NY 10040 tel: 212-795-4844 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] explorations: www.synapse9.com -- "it's not finding what people say interesting, but finding what's interesting in what they say" -- ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
