---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Greg Fisher <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 8:40 PM Subject: Synthesis - Chinese Thinking and Complexity To: Michel Bauwens <[email protected]> Dear Michel, *Chinese Thinking and Complexity* *"...*when I talk about Complexity theory with fellow Westerners who are unaware of complex systems, I sometimes feel they think me insane because my framing sits uncomfortably with their view of the world. Equivalently, when I have the same conversation with Chinese people, they often think me insane because what I am saying is blindingly obvious.*"* At a conference I attended last week in Singapore, a question occurred to me about whether the Chinese mind-set is more conducive to Complexity theory than the Western mind-set. At the conference, research was presented suggesting there was a material difference between the two. I discuss this in the article, concluding that it might well be that the Chinese tend to think more "complexly" than Westerners. http://www.synthesisips.net/blog/chinese-thinking-and-complexity/<http://synthesisips.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=5c4cc0cbd91536cfdc1561804&id=9e2a81f97b&e=5dae7162d8> Best wishes, Greg Fisher Managing Director Synthesis IPS Check out our website: www.synthesisips.net Join us on twitter: @synthesisips<http://synthesisips.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=5c4cc0cbd91536cfdc1561804&id=619e01bbc9&e=5dae7162d8> p.s. if you would like to remain on our contacts database but would prefer to unsubscribe from blog notifications, you can do this by updating your profile here<http://synthesisips.us4.list-manage.com/profile?u=5c4cc0cbd91536cfdc1561804&id=6c5a6cfdf2&e=5dae7162d8> . --------------------------- Unsubscribe<http://synthesisips.us4.list-manage2.com/unsubscribe?u=5c4cc0cbd91536cfdc1561804&id=6c5a6cfdf2&e=5dae7162d8&c=f6bc3c5cba>me from Synthesis' contacts database. Forward<http://us4.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=5c4cc0cbd91536cfdc1561804&id=f6bc3c5cba&e=5dae7162d8>this email to a friend. Update your profile<http://synthesisips.us4.list-manage.com/profile?u=5c4cc0cbd91536cfdc1561804&id=6c5a6cfdf2&e=5dae7162d8> . [image: Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp]<http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=monkey_rewards&aid=5c4cc0cbd91536cfdc1561804&afl=1> -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/