Comments by "nelson phillips" (@nelsonphillips) on "How to analyze complex systems" video.

What you are talking about is abstracting complexity. Complexity of human life hasn't changed through the later part of human evolution. The past is appealing because it hides the complexity of the present. The past is appealing because it hides the uncertainties of the future. Complexity study and cybernetics was developed early on in Soviet society because they were interested in organizing society.
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