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Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos

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Waldrop chronicles the founding of the Santa Fe Institute and the rise of complexity science and emergent, self-organizing systems. Gurley names it one of the most influential books he has ever read and uses its lens to argue why complex systems (from metabolism to markets) defy simple expert prescriptions.

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Bill Gurley

abovethecrowd.com · Thinking About Diets and Other Complex Matters

“One of the most influential books I have ever read is Complexity, a 1993 work by Mitchell Waldrop.”

Praised in his own 'Above the Crowd' essay 'Thinking About Diets and Other Complex Matters,' January 5, 2012, and again on The Tim Ferriss Show.