<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Greg Fisher</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:greg.fisher@synthesisips.net">greg.fisher@synthesisips.net</a>></span><br>
Date: Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 8:40 PM<br>Subject: Synthesis - Chinese Thinking and Complexity<br>To: Michel Bauwens <<a href="mailto:michel@p2pfoundation.net">michel@p2pfoundation.net</a>><br><br><br>
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<font face="'times new roman', times, serif">Dear Michel, � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �</font>� � � ��</div>
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<font color="#0000cd" face="georgia, times, times new roman, serif" size="5"><b>Chinese Thinking and Complexity</b></font></div>
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<span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif"><i><span style="font-size:13px;line-height:19px;text-align:-webkit-auto">"...</span></i></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:georgia,'times new roman',verdana;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;text-align:-webkit-auto">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.</span><span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif"><i><span style="font-size:13px;line-height:19px;text-align:-webkit-auto">"</span></i></span><br>
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<font face="times new roman, times, baskerville, georgia, serif">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.�</font></div>
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