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| States of Complexity | In this issue |
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Perspectives: Improbable Institutions By SFI Professor Sam Bowles How likely was it for these independently formed social systems to resemble each other so closely? States of Complexity By Larry O'Hanlon An SFI research project seeks to reveal why and how the state emerged in human societies. Imagining Social Complexity By SFI Omidyar Fellow Scott Ortman How does the human capacity for metaphor help us shape new social structures? |
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