Kim is one of my best friends and the single most self-aware friend I have.  In terms of hearing a rational argument and seeing solid evidence, nobody updates their beliefs and practices to coincide quicker than Kim.  And when the evidence shifts to suggest a deeper, more nuanced truth, so does Kim,...

There are way too many “happenings” in complex systems research, theory and application to keep track of everything, but here are a few of note that came across my desk recently… AAAI Fall Symposium – CAS & The Threshold Effect – Nov. 5 – 7, 2009 – Arlington,...

We have a new blog author on Emergent Fool that regular readers will recognize from his many insightful comments.  We look forward to his...

Yesterday, the attorney for my new company advised me that I should be careful about what I disclose to the public about the company’s activities.  The company operates in a highly regulated field.  Evidently, any open discussion of what the company does, especially of any offerings it may or may not...

Daniel and Ace just joined Emergent Fool as primary authors.  You may recognize them from their frequent and insightful comments and hat...

Ben Allen runs the Plektix blog and we’re trying an experiment to see if we can move towards a critical mass of like-minded complexity bloggers.  To that end, Ben will be cross-posting his blog entries from Plektix for a while to this blog.  If it works out to everyone’s satisfaction we may...

There is a proposed symposium on “Complex Adaptive Systems and the Threshold Effect: Views from the Natural and Social Sciences” on Nov. 5 – 7, 2009 in Arlington, VA.  According to the details, “A final determination for scheduling this event will depend partially on the amount of...

We changed the name/URL of the blog to better reflect that it’s a group blog now and not just Rafe.  Same kind of content though, and we didn’t remove any existing...

When I emailed AT&T about an outrageous international roaming charge that I wanted reversed, I wasn’t expecting much in the way of a positive response.  But I got one, and I am making good on my promise to let people know about it.  If anything is a complex system, cell phone customer service...

I’d like to find a domain name for this blog so that it’s not “rafefurst.wordpress.com” but rather is more inclusive of Kevin’s posting as well as potential future additional authors.  I’ve tried procuring the obvious things like complexsystems.com, but the owners want...

I’d like to thank Rafe for graciously inviting me to occasionally co-blog with him here. I see this collaboration as an extension of the many engaging discussions we’ve had over the years. You see, we’re sort of kindred spirits. We both grew up in Southern California beach towns as...

True to its title, this blog itself is adapting.  I’m pleased that one of the smartest people I know has accepted my invitation to join me as a primary contributor.  I’ll let Kevin introduce himself from...

The last two days I attended a conference that I was attracted to because the organizers and I have been conversing lately on a subject of interest, namely the idea that “cancer is an evolutionary process; the cure for cancer is within reach, and is mostly an engineering problem now that we have the...