The Science of the New, by Vittorio Loreto, Vito D P Servedio, Francesca Tria
This book offers a unified quantitative framework for understanding the dynamics of novelty and innovation across biological, technological, and societal systems. It explores how first-time occurrences—ranging from everyday experiences to groundbreaking discoveries—can lead to subsequent breakthr...
The Complexity Paradigm: Using Systems Science to Drive Business Success by Doug Garnett
Business today remains tethered to a paradigm that is long out of date. This mindset assumes that universal answers exist: Businesses can simply apply compartmentalized operations and follow linear paths to success. Experienced managers know business doesn’t work this way. Where should they turn?...
Beyond Black Swans: Inhabiting Indeterminacy by Piero Dominici
This book describes the urgent need of modern humanity to renew and reinforce an open attitude to the complexity of life, above all by embracing its intrinsic indeterminacy, rather than attempting futilely to control its evolution. Oblivious to this ever-more urgent necessity, seduced by the spee...