» complexity http://www.catboant.com Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:08:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 The Power of Networks http://www.catboant.com/2010/01/11/the-power-of-networks/ http://www.catboant.com/2010/01/11/the-power-of-networks/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:23:56 +0000 ulrike http://www.catboant.com/?p=544 Peter Kruse is – at least in Germany – one of the leading figures when it comes to the questions: How are networks functioning? Why can they be so powerful? What rules are they following?
What impact do they have on society, politics, economy?

He started his career as as a hard core scientist, working as an experimental psychologist at the border of neurophysiologie. His big question was: How does the brain makes chaos in order to make order?

Later in his business career Kruse became successful in transferring the concept of how the brain is functioning into (business and social) networks. His latest work is strongly related to the Internet …

]]> http://www.catboant.com/2010/01/11/the-power-of-networks/feed/ 1 Europe Could Play A Key Role On Our Way To Become A Global Village http://www.catboant.com/2009/12/31/europe-could-play-a-key-role-on-our-way-to-become-a-global-village/ http://www.catboant.com/2009/12/31/europe-could-play-a-key-role-on-our-way-to-become-a-global-village/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:21:56 +0000 ulrike http://www.catboant.com/?p=527 Dave Snowden, Welsh entrepreneur, was trained as a physicist and philosopher. This is why he loves Shakespeare and Einstein! His incredible background in complexity theory gives us some great insights on how to deal – and maybe solve – future challenges.

Dave’s prediction for the next decade: Europe could play a key role on our way to become a global village!

]]> http://www.catboant.com/2009/12/31/europe-could-play-a-key-role-on-our-way-to-become-a-global-village/feed/ 2 David Weinberger’s take on information, emergence, science … http://www.catboant.com/2009/03/18/david-weinbergers-take-on-information-emergence-science/ http://www.catboant.com/2009/03/18/david-weinbergers-take-on-information-emergence-science/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:58:36 +0000 ulrike http://www.catboant.com/?p=140 According to wikipedia David Weinberger is an American technologist, professional speaker, and commentator, probably best known as co-author of the Cluetrain Manifesto (originally a website, and eventually a book, which has been described as “a primer on Internet marketing”. Weinberger’s work focuses on how the Internet is changing human relationships, communication, and society. He currently serves as a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School.

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