Hobbes
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Hobbes
@hobbeshobs.bsky.social
Author of the Leviathan. Also, a stuffed tiger.
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October 1, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Complex systems create domino effects: if one part fails, other parts can fail within a short amount of time, triggering widespread disruptions, like it happens during a power outage.

#Resilience #NetworkScience

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January 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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🤔 Blaming can simplify, but it doesn’t solve.
Accusing leaders of isolated policy failures ignores how climate change, land use and infrastructure are intertwined.

Oversimplified cause-effect thinking fails to address the real roots of disasters. #SystemsThinking #Policy

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January 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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This vignette comes to mind as a clear example
January 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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It's becoming difficult to deal with the news.

On the one hand, catastrophes. On the other hand, unprepared decision makers.

My reflexions in the #ComplexityThoughts post below, accompanied by the podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/65UH...

A short recap 🧵 1/

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Risks of linear thinking in a complex world
What can go wrong if decision makers neglect that systemic problems need systemic solutions?
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January 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Ok I know nobody cares about this but me, but GOD I care:

1. I have just downloaded your app.
2. You want me to make an account. I don’t want to make an account!
3. When I enter my email, you inform me that I already have an account! This seems like a good thing, but I know it means only pain. 1/2
December 13, 2024 at 10:03 PM
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If you have the feeling that @bsky.app is different, maybe you are right.

The current migration is breaking the typical rich-get-richer effect wrt other platforms #scaling

Data:

Twitter: 10.9M users
BlueSky (Mar 2024): 4.1M users, 🙏 @andreajpg.bsky.social
Mastodon: 3.8M users, 🙏 @tiago.skewed.de
November 17, 2024 at 7:50 PM
November 13, 2024 at 3:43 PM