I am thinking about a lot of things after reading your article. My first thought is that, yes, it is all about complexity. I think the Western tendency to break things down into parts falls short because then all we have are the parts and we never put things together again. Still, my question is how do we figure out how things work and what parts are affecting what parts when there are an almost infinite number of parts an an almost infinite number of connections between those parts? Is it possible to get any really data or come to any conclusions about anything?
I think it depends on the issue. We can try to get data on at least some of the parts and their connections, and realize that it's an ongoing process of figuring out what is going on. Start somewhere with some part and go from there.
I am thinking about a lot of things after reading your article. My first thought is that, yes, it is all about complexity. I think the Western tendency to break things down into parts falls short because then all we have are the parts and we never put things together again. Still, my question is how do we figure out how things work and what parts are affecting what parts when there are an almost infinite number of parts an an almost infinite number of connections between those parts? Is it possible to get any really data or come to any conclusions about anything?
I think it depends on the issue. We can try to get data on at least some of the parts and their connections, and realize that it's an ongoing process of figuring out what is going on. Start somewhere with some part and go from there.
To the person who liked this newsletter, what did you like about it?
What I liked was that it pushes us to think of the complexity. I made a comment about my questions.