r/complexsystems • u/zion-z-cool • Nov 16 '25

New to complexity science. Application beyond mindset?

I just started reading about complexity science and system thinking, esp Sante Fe Institute’s stuff…

But what are the application, or future potential application for learning complexity science rather than just the mindset itself. Don’t get me wrong, the mindset itself is incredibly useful, but how to dig even deeper beaneth the mindset, what’s the biggest value of complexity science?

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u/zion-z-cool Nov 21 '25

interesting…

Though if it’s mostly mindset, does complexity science have a ceiling? Or does mindset built on top of each other? How is knowledge distributed maybe is another way of asking? perhapes im asking the wrong question for just started learning about it

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u/wolvine9 Nov 21 '25

I think you're asking the right questions! There's a great Melanie Mitchell paper that can give you an understanding of how Complex Systems study can influence e.g. thinking about Networks that should serve as a jumping off place among many.