Slide Set 11: Robustness, Fragility, and Scaling
The trouble with Death Stars: The real science behind narrative causality and why one in a million chances always succeed.
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Covered in these episodes:
01a: Vermont Complex Systems Center overview (17:06)
13e: Robustness: Overview (4:23)
13f: HOT model: Intro (5:17)
13g: HOT model: Features (3:26)
13h: Forest fire toy model outline (12:26)
13i: Forest fire toy model example: Detailed consideration (24:26)
13j: Narrative causality (2:39)
13k: No design versus strong design (2:42)
13l: Fires: Saving a bunny (1:08)
14d: HOT model: Theoretical analysis (7:43)
14e: Self-organized criticality (SOC) (sounds great but doesn't hold up) (8:11)
14f: Long-grained rice and Not How Nature Really Works (3:35)
14g: HOT vs SOC (2:45)