In the previous post I used a picture of myself leaving the medina of Fes, Morocco through the gate. For me, this old city is a great illustration of human complexity.
When discussing abstract concepts like networks of humans, complex adaptive systems and their fractal nature (a society is a large organization, an organization is a large group of people etc …) you sometimes can loose the link to reality. What is the picture you have in your mind when dealing with these concepts? While we are discussing the fish pond as metaphor, I want to share with you the image of the medina of Fes, Morocco.
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