Systems: The Purpose of a System is What It Does
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Avoiding Internet Centralization
mnot.github.io/avoiding-internet-centralization/draft-nottingham-avoiding-internet-centralization.htmlBy design, distributed consensus protocols diffuse responsibility for a function among several, difficult-to-identify parties. While this may be an effective way to prevent many kinds of centralization, it also means that making someone accountable for how the function is performed is impossible, beyond the bounds of the protocol's design.¶
Five Models for Making Sense of Complex Systems – Christina Wodtke – Medium
medium.com/@cwodtke/five-models-for-making-sense-of-complex-systems-134be897b6b3In one of the classes I teach at CCA, students were confused by mental models, conceptual models, concept maps, etc. I ended up drawing a taxonomy for models on the whiteboard, and it may help…
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pespmc1.vub.ac.be/DEFAULT.htmlPrincipia Cybernetica tries to tackle age-old philosophical questions with the help of the most recent cybernetic theories and technologies.