from Why did complex systems fall into disuse?
(1) You’re spreading your kimono too wide. and All sorts of people flocked to it. buzzword consumed as I think (1) is the biggest reason for its demise. In contrast to the early researchers who were working on the basis of mathematics and physics, following the trend of chaos and self-organization, people in various fields started to use the term (only) in the groove of complex systems for everything in the latter half of the 20th century. Even now, if you Google the keywords “as complex systems,” you can get a sense of how the word “complex systems” has been consumed in various fields from the titles of books and other resources that come up. I think it was a mistake to spread the big bath as if everything from natural science to society is a complex system. Unfortunately, it has created an atmosphere of a field that is a stinky one.
relevance - Buzzword is low resolution.
2024-02-09 - category theory and it’s going to be consumed as a buzzword by the crowds of people.
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