On systemic health indicators (part 2) In part 1 of this series we saw how the ‘state of a system’ can be seen as a ‘marble’ at a certain position in a ‘stability landscape’.
On systemic health indicators (part 1) In a world that becomes more complicated for people, it is more difficult to judge whether things are going ‘well’ or not. Economists and…
What is growth? In nature, not a single organism keeps growing indefinitely. And not a single individual significantly outgrows its peers. There is a…
One of the biggest misunderstandings in science Most people share an intuitive understanding of the concepts of order and disorder. The concept of ‘entropy’ is often simply explained as…
The bittersweet cryptocurrency revolution The irony of being hijacked by what you are trying to replace
Standing waters — the crisis of congested entropy in our global economy Part 1 of 3: How the IT-revolution expanded informational liquidity, and drowned it as well.
The era of digital pollution We have now witnessed the most staggering of ICO’s (Initial Coin Offering, IPO’s for cryptocurrencies), the Tezos one, valued at around USD…