Friday, October 5, 2007

Mike Agar - "How does complexity make sense of continually changing worlds? It takes change for granted and helps think about it in a different way. It becomes normal rather than a deviation to be brought under control."

Next week: Social Network Analysis ...

Evolution of Trust and collaboration John S. Macy
Skvoretz and Wolfe
Harvard SNA blog
Thomas Shilling

property emerging that wasn't built in


The Evolution of Trust and Cooperation between Strangers: A Computational Model by Michael W. Macy, John Skvoretz American Sociological Review, Vol. 63, No. 5 (Oct., 1998), pp. 638-660
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Agents in the system - run and based on a meaningful model
What do we notice about a system - our system we only have one perception, but it seems the total is so much more than who we are individually

Skvoretz, Wolfe Complexity and Social Networking Blog