Yaneer Bar-Yam
Math Suggests Inequality Can Be Fixed With Wealth Redistribution, Not Tax Cuts
A new report from the Complex Systems Institute justifies wealth redistribution with mathematics.
The 'Complex Systems Theorist' Who Predicted the Arab Spring
Using big data and new number-crunching strategies, math can be used to predict global crises.
We Are Programmed to Die Early, and That’s a Good Thing
Complex systems theorists have created a model that overturns longstanding assumptions about the relationship between death and natural selection.
The World Is Too Complicated for Donald Trump to Be President, Theoretical Physics Suggests
An emerging branch of complex systems mathematics suggests in cold, analytical terms that Donald Trump is not smart enough to be president.
Society Is Too Complicated to Have a President, Complex Mathematics Suggest
"We’ve become fundamentally confused about what the decisions are, and what their consequences are."
Commodity Traders Helped Spark the War in Syria, Complex Systems Theorists Say
New math shows that financial speculation caused the spike in food prices that led to war.
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