[talkingtab]

OMG one must wonder about a system that produces this article and especially these comments. If you are interested in this area you might consider:

* Hidden Order by John Holland. Especially if you are technical, then read it from the perspective of "how would I build one of these"? (See RIP).

* Signs Of Life: How Complexity Pervades Biology. An overwhelming book. At the very least you should come out aware of how little we understand.

* What is money? Really. We all know the mythical person month perspective, but according to that New York City can not exist.

* The RIP routing protocol.

* A New Kind of Science.

Gestalts, created from complex adaptive systems, surround us. (Inside joke). I think this is an example of the old adage "I won't see it until I believe it" which is just a simplified version of Sapir Whorf.

[edit: add Wolfram's "A New Kind of Science" ]