Fritjof Capra: The Web of Life (excerpt) -- A Thinking Allowed DVD w/ Jeffrey Mishlove

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NOTE: This is an excerpt from the two-part, 60-minute DVD.
http://www.thinkingallowed.com/2fcapra.html

Many new trends in the field of biology--including systems theory, complexity theory, chaos theory, the Gaia hypothesis--suggest a new approach to the understanding of living systems. this view of our intimate involvement with the web of life can lead us toward ways of living that are ecologically sound.

Fritjof Capra, Ph.D., is author of The Tao of Physics, Uncommon Wisdom, The Turning Point, Belonging to the Universe and The Web of Life. He is director of the Center for Ecoliteracy.

Joseph Tainter Interview with Jim Puplava

Political disintegration is a persistent feature of world history. The Collapse of Complex Societies, though written by an archaeologist, will therefore strike a chord throughout the social sciences. Any explanation of societal collapse carries lessons not just for the study of ancient societies, but for the members of all such societies in both the present and future. Dr. Tainter describes nearly two dozen cases of collapse and reviews more than 2000 years of explanations. He then develops a new and far-reaching theory that accounts for collapse among diverse kinds of societies, evaluating his model and clarifying the processes of disintegration by detailed studies of the Roman, Mayan and Chacoan collapses.

Complexity - Secret Life of Chaos - BBC 2010

This is a video from the BBC that attempts to explain in the most simplest terms how simple systems can turn into very complex systems.

Collapse of Complex Societies by Dr. Joseph Tainter 2010

http://localfuture.org

The collapse of complex societies of the past can inform the present on the risks of collapse. Dr. Joseph Tainter, author of the book The Collapse of Complex societies, and featured in Leonardo Dicaprio's film The Eleventh Hour, details the factors that led to the collapse of past civilizations including the Roman Empire.

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   Collapse of Complex Societies by Dr. Joseph Tainter 2010 (Part 2 of 5)
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   Collapse of Complex Societies by Dr. Joseph Tainter 2010 (Part 3 of 5)
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   Collapse of Complex Societies by Dr. Joseph Tainter 2010 (Part 4 of 5)
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   Collapse of Complex Societies by Dr. Joseph Tainter 2010 (Part 5 of 5)

Cooperation and Collective Behavior: From Bacteria to the Global Commons

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Simon A. Levin, George M. Moffett Professor of Biology and director of the Center for BioComplexity at Princeton University, delivers the first of his two 2008 Pardee Distinguished Lectures, on the role group behaviors play in nature - and how such cooperation can benefit human societies on a global scale.

Hosted by Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future on October 27, 2008.

Ecosystems and Socioeconomic Systems as Complex Adaptive Systems

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Simon A. Levin, George M. Moffett Professor of Biology and director of the Center for BioComplexity at Princeton University, delivers the second of his two 2008 Pardee Distinguished Lectures on how we can apply the natural world's lessons in sustainability to our own increasingly unstable world.

Hosted by Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on October 29, 2008.

Prof. Simon Levin : Ecosystems and Socioeconomic Systems as Complex Adaptive Systems

http://www.bu.edu/pardee/lecture-levin-2/

Simon A. Levin, George M. Moffett Professor of Biology and director of the Center for BioComplexity at Princeton University, delivers the second of his two 2008 Pardee Distinguished Lectures on how we can apply the natural world's lessons in sustainability to our own increasingly unstable world.

Hosted by Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on October 29, 2008.