‘the edge of chaos.’ We imagine the edge of chaos as a place where there is enough innovation to keep a living system vibrant, and enough stability to keep it from collapsing into anarchy. It is a zone of conflict and upheaval, where the
  
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      “IN THE MIND’S EYE, a fractal is a way of seeing infinity.”
    
― Chaos: Making a New Science
  ― Chaos: Making a New Science
 
      “The world is nonlinear. Trying to make it linear for our mathematical or administrative convenience is not usually a good idea even when feasible, and it is rarely feasible.”
    
― Thinking in Systems: A Primer
  ― Thinking in Systems: A Primer
 
      “chaos is a science of process rather than state, of becoming rather than being.”
    
― Chaos: Making a New Science
  ― Chaos: Making a New Science
 
      “It’s the best possible time to be alive, when almost everything you thought you knew was wrong. The”
    
― Chaos: Making a New Science
  ― Chaos: Making a New Science
 
      “Lorenz saw it differently. Yes, you could change the weather. You could make it do something different from what it would otherwise have done. But if you did, then you would never know what it would otherwise have done. It would be like giving an extra shuffle to an already well-shuffled pack of cards. You know it will change your luck, but you don’t know whether for better or worse.”
    
― Chaos: Making a New Science
  ― Chaos: Making a New Science
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