• PoCS, Vols. 1 and 2: Peter Sheridan Dodds's Principles of Complex Systems

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Slide Set 001: Overview of complex systems

Episode 131a: Triggering probabilities and Fettered contagion
 
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Slide Set 002: The Manifesto

Introduction to the course, paths, and directions.

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Original slides as served in lectures:
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Covered in these episode(s) and clip(s):


Episode 1: Overview of Principles of Complex Systems, Vol. 1 (1:33:18)

Clip 1: Vermont Complex Systems Center overview (18:13)

Clip 2: Stars and Telescopes, Rocks and Hammers, Complex Systems and Data Science (3:08)

Clip 3: Computational Story Lab (3:05)

Clip 4: Deliverator History (1:43)

Clip 5: PoCS details (21:10)

Clip 6: PoCS's Origin Story*, Books, and Places (11:48)

Clip 7: More PoCS details (4:49)

Clip 8: Major Themes of the PoCS, Vol. 1 (12:07)

Clip 9: Complex systems is bigger than complex networks (1:10)

Clip 10: Cryptolects and John Dory (1:43)

Clip 11: Course topics or what might lie within (probably not Cthulhu ... probably) (8:38)

Clip 12: Narrative arc that is not a three act hero's journey, and the tarot cards (2:55)

Clip 13: Projects, the plan in brief (5:26)

Clip 14: Narrative hierarchy (1:43)

Clip 15: The Boggoracle speaks (0:25)



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