In above figure, four accelerating war cycles are shown that can be identified during the period 1480-1945. Each cycle consists of a relatively stable period, followed by a systemic war […]
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A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF “THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE”, A STUDY BY STEVEN PINKER. PART III
In a series of articles, I discuss a book by Steven Pinker with the title: “The better Angels of Our Nature“. In this book, the author argues that violence in the world […]
Attack Tolerance of Networks
Networks differ in their attack and error tolerance. Scale-free networks have a typical ‘error and attack tolerance’ (1), which is related to the distribution of nodes with a certain degree […]
Social Entropy
Entropy in social systems appears – manifests itself – as tensions. Entropy in social systems appears – manifests itself – as tensions. Tensions – ‘social entropy’ – are generated by […]
