Organisational Complexity
Random posts about systems, complexity, data analytics, cybernetics and AI.
I am a complexity theorist interested in many things about organisations and how they work both individually and as populations. The underlying foundation of my research is complex systems theory, and I am interested in theory and its development. I apply my knowledge in diverse areas including public health and food systems.
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33C3 – Proposed EU Copyright Law – Not Fit for Anything
Another highlight from 33C3 was Julia Reda’s talk about the proposed EU copyright law, Copywrongs 2.0. I say highlight, only because it was an interesting and compelling talk, the law itself is an absolute lowlight. To say that the proposed law is not fit for purpose is an understatement, and there is a question as to…
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33c3 – Syrian Archive
On of the most interesting and important projects reported on at the 33c3 was the Syrian Archive project. This is an immensely important project that is impart documenting the Syrian conflict, including the human cost, but is also trying to help work towards a lasting peace in Syria. A major component of this work involves the curation…
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Panama Revisted
The people over at The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists have updated the released panama data. Its not clear to me if that is more data than they had already released, or that this time it is a ready made Neo4J database. They provide two versions of the database, Windows and Mac. Its easy to get…
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The ‘System’ vs Donald Trump
I have been thinking about what Donald Trump means for the ‘system’, by system I am thinking about the complex system that is the US Government Machine and its associated parts. Part of my thinking is that systems of Government have learnt how to persist, they have adaptive to promote and maintain their own existence.…
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US Election – The First Cyberwar?
The presidential election is starting to look like the front line in a cyberwar. With different national and global actors waging a war of information (or disinformation), the main weapon being deployed seems to be the sowing the seeds of doubt in the minds of the US electorate. Its hard to say where it all…
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Java Panama Papers Neo4J Network Generator
Further to the first attempt at importing the Panama Papers network data into Neo4J I did a very quick Java program that greats an embedded Neo4J database. It needs a bit of checking as it finds nodes that have the same node_id. Which I assume is some sort of mistake in the program or the…