Slide Set 13: 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 episode(s) and clip(s):
Episode 1: The robust-yet-fragileness of real complex systems (1:31:21)
Clip 1: Introduction to the introduction to the preamble to Robustness (7:29)
Clip 2: Overview of Robustness (4:23)
Clip 3: HOT model: Introduction (5:17)
Clip 4: HOT model: Features (3:26)
Clip 5: Forest fire toy model outline (12:26)
Clip 6: Forest fire toy model example: Detailed consideration (24:26)
Clip 7: Narrative causality (2:39)
Clip 8: No design versus strong design (2:42)
Clip 9: Fires: Saving a bunny (1:08)
Clip 10: HOT model: Theoretical analysis (7:43)
Clip 11: Self-organized criticality (SOC) (sounds great but doesn't hold up) (8:11)
Clip 12: Long-grained rice and Not How Nature Really Works (3:35)
Clip 13: HOT vs SOC (2:45)