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On the podcast Virtually Speaking Science, science writer Jennifer Ouellette talks with SFI Research Fellow Simon DeDeo about the basis for understanding complex social systems.

DeDeo offers examples of social systems studied in his own research, from patterns of cooperation on Wikipedia to changing attitudes about justice found in 200 years worth of transcripts from London's Old Bailey court system.

Listen to the discussion on Virtually Speaking Science (October 14, 2013)