Yaneer Bar-Yam is a physicist and the founding president of the New England Complex Systems Institute.

Show notes
Selected links

 •Follow Yaneer: Website | Twitter
 •Endcoronavirus.org
 •Dynamics of Complex Systems, by Yaneer Bar-Yam
 •Making Things Work, by Yaneer Bar-Yam
 •'Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)', research by Max Roser and Hannah Ritchie
 •Powers of Ten YouTube video
 •'An Introduction to Complex Systems Science and Its Applications', 2019 paper by Alexander Siegenfeld and Yaneer Bar-Yam
 •'The Architecture of Complexity', 1962 paper by Herbert Simon
 •'Science and Complexity', 1948 paper by Warren Weaver
 •'More is Different', 1972 paper by Phil Anderson
 •Scale, by Geoffrey West
 •Johns Hopkins University coronavirus interactive map
 •'Systemic Risk of Pandemic via Novel Pathogens -- Coronavirus: Note', January 2020 note by Nassim Taleb, Yaneer Bar-Yam, and Joe Norman
 •The Square And The Tower, by Niall Ferguson
 •'Long-range interaction and evolutionary stability in a predator-prey system', 2006 paper by Erik Rauch and Yaneer Bar-Yam
 •'Transition to Extinction', 2016 article by Yaneer Bar-Yam
 •'Nonpharmaceutical Interventions Implemented by US Cities During the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic', 2007 paper by Howard Markel et al
 •'Strategies for mitigating an influenza pandemic', 2006 paper by Neil Ferguson et al
 •Join the fellowship of the doers: necsivolunteers@gmail.com

Topics discussed 

 •Yaneer's background and parents. 11:39
 •Powers of Ten. 12:06
 •Highlights from Yaneer's time as an MIT student. 15:29
 •The role of chance in our lives. 21:28
 •What is "complexity"? 25:42
 •Complex systems. 30:23
 •Emergence. 37:06
 •Phase transitions. 44:26
 •Self-organization. 49:48
 •Universality. 55:12
 •Applying complex systems science to the Arab Spring. 1:03:13
 •Taking stock of the coronavirus epidemic. 1:12:47
 •What is the current best estimate for th...

Yaneer Bar-Yam is a physicist and the founding president of the New England Complex Systems Institute. Show notes Selected links •Follow Yaneer: Website | Twitter •Endcoronavirus.org •Dynamics of Complex Systems, by Yaneer Bar-Yam •Making Things Work, by Yaneer Bar-Yam •'Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)', research by Max Roser and Hannah Ritchie •Powers of Ten YouTube video •'An Introduction to Complex Systems Science and Its Applications', 2019 paper by Alexander Siegenfeld and Yaneer Bar-Yam •'The Architecture of Complexity', 1962 paper by Herbert Simon •'Science and Complexity', 1948 paper by Warren Weaver •'More is Different', 1972 paper by Phil Anderson •Scale, by Geoffrey West •Johns Hopkins University coronavirus interactive map •'Systemic Risk of Pandemic via Novel Pathogens -- Coronavirus: Note', January 2020 note by Nassim Taleb, Yaneer Bar-Yam, and Joe Norman •The Square And The Tower, by Niall Ferguson •'Long-range interaction and evolutionary stability in a predator-prey system', 2006 paper by Erik Rauch and Yaneer Bar-Yam •'Transition to Extinction', 2016 article by Yaneer Bar-Yam •'Nonpharmaceutical Interventions Implemented by US Cities During the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic', 2007 paper by Howard Markel et al •'Strategies for mitigating an influenza pandemic', 2006 paper by Neil Ferguson et al •Join the fellowship of the doers: necsivolunteers@gmail.com Topics discussed •Yaneer's background and parents. 11:39 •Powers of Ten. 12:06 •Highlights from Yaneer's time as an MIT student. 15:29 •The role of chance in our lives. 21:28 •What is "complexity"? 25:42 •Complex systems. 30:23 •Emergence. 37:06 •Phase transitions. 44:26 •Self-organization. 49:48 •Universality. 55:12 •Applying complex systems science to the Arab Spring. 1:03:13 •Taking stock of the coronavirus epidemic. 1:12:47 •What is the current best estimate for th...

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