news and eventsBelow you will find information about events and other news that may be of interest. This will be regularly updated. Sign up here for a key event in London hosted by the Institute of Physics to discuss themes from The…
Laissez-faire economics, mechanical thinking, open systemsThe world is still in the grip of worldviews driven by two classical – and outdated – physics theories. One, the mechanical worldview, is based on the work of Isaac Newton. Newton essentially was focused on two questions: how the…
On knowingHow can we explore the complex world? If the world is complex, then ‘knowing’ that world is best approached with methods that reflect that complexity and capture its contextual, path-dependent, patterned nature.…
The path is made through walkingPeter Allen used to unsettle people back in the day by asserting that there is more than one future. I am not quite sure why people found this so upsetting other than it is another recognition of the limits to…