Cherry-Picking from Complexity Digest
Forgot about Complexity Digest for a while. Some great stuff there – a sampling:
A theory for the formation of large agrarian empires by Peter Turchin (PDF)
New Insights Into The Dynamics Of The Brain’s Cortex – Science Daily
Natural Security: Ecologist Says Evolution Offers Important Lessons for Security Policy – AAAS
In regard to the last one: the need for consilient thinking is starting to penetrate the bureaucracy – about goddamn time.
