(Ebook) Empirical Paradox, Complexity Thinking and Generating New Kinds of Knowledge by Paolo Grigolini Bruce J. West, Korosh Mahmoodi ISBN 9781527534407, 1527534405

(Ebook) Empirical Paradox, Complexity Thinking and Generating New Kinds of Knowledge by Paolo Grigolini Bruce J. West, Korosh Mahmoodi ISBN 9781527534407, 1527534405

Is another world war inevitable? The answer is a resounding yes if we continue to think in terms of either/or outcomes. Adversaries think in such terms, you either get what you want, or you do not. Can a different way of thinking produce a different outcome? This book shows that the consistency demanded by the linear, logical either/or thinking is disrupted by paradox, whose resolution forces a consequent decision: war or peace, with no middle ground. If this were the only way of thinking then a person would be either a protagonist or an antagonist, but a person can be both, either, or neither; this opens the door to novel solutions. This is both/and thinking, which the book shows can be achieved by a dynamic resolution of paradox. Thus, a basically selfish individual can also be a hero; a consequence of the complexity of being human.