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Complexity science: the study of how simple things can do smart things together without anyone in charge — from proteins, to organisms, to societies and minds.

CSCSC asks what this rigorous science of self-organization can learn from — and offer back to — contemplative traditions.

The unifying idea, from one of us (13 min):

Eastern Philosophy and Complexity Science · Pavel Chvykov

Eastern Philosophy and Complexity Science · Pavel Chvykov

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The contemplative half — and why it belongs.

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The contemplative angle (for scientists)

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