Why society is a complex problem?  A review of Philip Ball’s book – Meeting Twenty-first Century Challenges with a New Kind of Science

Diana Tampu; Carmen Costea

doi:10.26458/jedep.v2i1.34

Autori

Diana Tampu Academy of Economic Studies Bucharest
Carmen Costea Spiru Haret University, Bucharest

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26458/jedep.v2i1.34

Cuvinte cheie:

multi agent model, complex society, crashes

Rezumat

The 21st century is burdened by a series of dramatic changes and efforts are carried out to find potential solutions to consumerism, access to information, transient climate disequilibria, health care and demographic transformations. A new page in human history will bear witness to the introduction of new ways of thinking, new changes, new relationships and interconnections that transcend states and societies. The moment is ripe for individuals aware of the implications carried by global changes and challenges, to step up and encourage responsibility and sustainable development. Mankind is currently living in a data-rich world, where information is widely dispersed. Nevertheless, extracting the right assumptions and conclusions from the available data proves difficult as numerous social phenomena do not run with clockwork precision as the laws governing the Newtonian universe.Human awareness and intelligence demand a more responsible approach to all operations and steps should be made in determining the consequences and their impact. The goal of this paper is not restricted to providing a review but also to enforce certain ideas in relation to the complex interactions specific to society and economic activities.

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