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☞ The Messiness of Reality and Stories
The balancing act between order and disorder in how we think about the world
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Samuel Arbesman
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☞ Human Distinctiveness in Different Cultures
The Path Dependence of Fundamental Ideas About Ourselves
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Samuel Arbesman
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July 2024

☞ Archaeology of Biology and Software
Technology, biology, and humility
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Samuel Arbesman
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June 2024

☞ The Wonders of Maxis
The intersection of gaming and complexity science + Maxis 2.0?
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Samuel Arbesman

May 2024

☞ The Nature of Shareware
The Gift Economy meets Profit Motive?
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Samuel Arbesman

April 2024

☞ Sports Teams Named After Technologies
Unlike animals or occupations, one group I don’t see represented in a lot of team names is that of technology.
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Samuel Arbesman
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March 2024

☞ The Spreadsheet is a Simulation Machine
In praise of...Excel
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Samuel Arbesman
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February 2024

☞ The Linnaean Instinct and List-Making
The Philosophy of Catalogs, Technological Archaeology, and More
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Samuel Arbesman
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January 2024

☞ Living with the Veil of Progress
Incremental Humanism and How to Live in Our Complex World
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Samuel Arbesman
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☞ Multiplayer Mandelbrot
Mathematical Bestiaries and Multiplayer Fractal Spelunking
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Samuel Arbesman
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December 2023

☞ The Subtle Magic of Catalyzing Change
The Importance of Catalysts, via a Case Study: Desktop Publishing and the Seybold Seminars
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Samuel Arbesman

November 2023

☞ The Kitchen Sink Conundrum and Simulation's Balancing Act
To simulate a world is almost a divine act.
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Samuel Arbesman
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