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Complex Systems

Can Reality Set Us Free? The Puzzle of Complementarity (Part 3)

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.20.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Quantum Physics, Reductionism, Quenched Disorder, Consciousness, Self-Organizing Feedback Loops, Complementarity, Self-Organization, Randomnesss, Reality, Complex Systems, Theory of Complexity, Duality, Healthy Living News
Deepak Chopra

As the uniting factor that sets us free, "consciousness" is a term that is repugnant to many scientists -- mostly from an older generation -- and mysterious to all. But that doesn't excuse blindness and neglect.

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Can Reality Set Us Free? The Puzzle of Complementarity (Part 2)

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.06.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Quantum Physics, Quantum Tunneling, Illusion, Shakuntala Devi, Wilder Penfield, Super Complementarity, Complementarity, Reality, Biological Complementarity, Complex Systems, Duality, Healthy Living News
Deepak Chopra

Reality has gone into a strange, dark place -- quite literally. Historically, quantum physics and the theory of relativity are responsible for demolishing the familiar world presented to us by the five senses.

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Kung Fu Farming: Toward Understanding Complex Systems

Leah Mayor | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Kung Fu Farming, Community Supported Agriculture, Csa, Farm Tours, Eco Tours, Bruce Lee, Dan Hayhurst, Sustainable Agriculture, Chubby Bunny Farm, Sustainability Education, Tracy Hayhurst, Tourism, Sustainability, Complex Systems, Home News
Leah Mayor

Nourishing the relationship between seed and land is critical to restoring sustainability. And by visiting Chubby Bunny Farm, I took a small but important step in feeling connected to the food and people that sustain my life.

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The Importance of Care in Business

Birute Regine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Interconnectedness, Hunterdon Medical Center, Complex Systems, Care, Global Financial Crisis, Bermuda, Cio, Dot Com Bubble, Carenect, Business News
Birute Regine

I once gave a talk about the important role care plays in the workplace. Once I used that word, "care," I had lost my audience. Who needs to care when you are king of the mountain?

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When Complex Systems Fail

Tom Loughlin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Quality Assurance, Failures, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Ethics, Safety, Oil Rig, Deepwater Horizon, Risk Management, Asme, Gulf Oil Spill, Technology, Complex Systems, Engineers, Technology News
Tom Loughlin

It's precisely because of the success and vigor of complex systems that we often take their reliability for granted. Most of us rarely consider the safety of an oil rig until something goes awry.

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The Cardinal Sins - and the Cardinal Virtue - of Our Time

Ervin Laszlo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Butterfly Effect, Activism, Complex Systems, Chaos Theory, Changing the World, Religion News
Ervin Laszlo

Informed activism is the cardinal virtue in these critical times. It's our best hope for taking control of our destiny: for creating a world we can live in, and can leave in good conscience to our children.

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