The Hidden Fragility of Complex Systems -- Consequences of Change, Changing Consequences
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The Hidden Fragility of Complex Systems -- Consequences of Change, Changing Consequences

Abstract

Short-term survival and an exuberant plunge into building our future are generating a new kind of unintended consequence -- hidden fragility. This is a direct effect of the sophistication and structural complexity of the socio-technical systems humans create. It is inevitable. And so the challenge is, How much can we understand and predict about these systems and about the social dynamics that lead to their construction?

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