Networks & The Creative Process
Session Seven: February 25, 2010The System as Network
Creativity Viewed Systemically
Creativity is a Complex System, embedded in a complex system of systems
(Courtesy of KevinDooley)
The Science of Networks is Interdisciplinary!
Neuroscience by benweger
Football field social network by arthitCellular Biology - Blood Cells by tillasmax
Crazy mathematician” by Peon Peetie
Networks as the Unit of Analysis
http://www.fcc.gov/omd/history/internet/something2share.html
The Puzzle: Six Degrees of Separation
Six Degrees of Separation by rowandahl
Random Networks (Erdos)
Continuous Random Network by vitroids
Real World Ordered Networks
The Real World Brooklyn? Really?from yatta
Bridging Ties
The Strength of Weak Ties by mass_kat_2008
Short Cuts
Short Cut Road.jpg by smartee_martee
Preferential Attachment
Monarch Butterfly Cluster by flopper
When the Whole is Greater Than the Sum of the Parts
(Courtesy of Shalini)
Synchronicity
Elkmont Synchronous Fireflies #1 by Judd Patterson
Emergent Patterns
Sand patterns by Taking5
Power Laws & Fat Tails
Dip's fat tail. by caysee
Poised on the Edge
On the edge! by Murat Uysal
A Phase Transition
Phase transition by GerardEOS
Incremental vs. Revolutionary Change
As described by Fernand Braudel, with respect to the Industrial Revolution:
“When one is talking about social phenomenon, rapid and slow changes are inseparable. For no society exists which is not constantly torn between the forces—whether perceived as such or not—working to undermine it. Revolutions are but the studded and short-lived volcanic eruption of this latent and long-term conflict.”
Where Are The Opportunities?
Opportunityfrom Matti Á.
Changing Fitness Landscapes
Grand Canyon and Colorado River...from Scandblue
Who Are the Winners & the Losers?
Winner and loserfrom owen4green
Blogging QuestionGiven what you see going on in the world of creativity today,
would you say that we are undergoing a phase transition?
How so? If so, what forces would are driving it, and to what kind of a reorganization
of the creative landscape might it lead? How might
fitness levels and the fitness landscape be altered?