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Complexity Thoughts: Issue #82
Unraveling complexity: building knowledge, one paper at a time
May 8
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Manlio De Domenico, Ph.D.
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Living in a flow: the Universe is not where things are, but where they go
Laniakea, the dynamics of the cosmic web, and our pale blue dot
Apr 29
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When data and methods cannot be traced, science stops being falsifiable
Results can spread without remaining testable, allowing hidden flaws to propagate.
Apr 26
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Complexity Thoughts: Issue #81
Unraveling complexity: building knowledge, one paper at a time
Apr 24
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Manlio De Domenico, Ph.D.
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Engineered by slow time, living in (too) fast time
Can we adapt at the speed we create? Some reflections after watching the launch of Artemis II
Apr 15
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Manlio De Domenico, Ph.D.
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Risks of linear thinking in a complex world
Jan 12, 2025
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The far-reaching consequences of disinformation in a hyper-connected society
Jan 25, 2025
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What's going on with assembly theory?
Oct 16, 2023
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Manlio De Domenico, Ph.D.
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A computational approach to emergence
Jul 19, 2024
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Complexity Thoughts: Issue #80
Unraveling complexity: building knowledge, one paper at a time
Apr 10
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Manlio De Domenico, Ph.D.
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When “smart” AI agents become a crowd
Why the future of AI depends on the science of emergence
Apr 3
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The Inferno of online attention
Creator economy is revealing an ecosystem that rewards salience, concentration and speed, not just a crisis of content
Mar 29
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Complexity Thoughts: Issue #79
Unraveling complexity: building knowledge, one paper at a time
Mar 27
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Can AI Simulate Consciousness? A Study
Are we building machines that are increasingly good at imitating the mind, or are we approaching something that truly possesses a mind? The work of…
Mar 21
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Resilience, not hype: what we are getting wrong about “AI”
And why we should fear AI centralization more than AI itself
Mar 17
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Manlio De Domenico, Ph.D.
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Complexity Thoughts: Issue #78
Unraveling complexity: building knowledge, one paper at a time
Mar 13
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Have we crossed the threshold where shocks no longer stay local?
Interdependence reshapes risk
Mar 5
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Manlio De Domenico, Ph.D.
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Is “complexity” always in the eye of the beholder?
Is complexity in the system, or in the fit between the system and our description of it?
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