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Bring out the rule book (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Got any reading suggestions for systems theory for people with little/no academic background? I want to read into it but people usually link college textbooks for advanced classes lol

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

So you should probably understand at least the idea of information theory, 'the information: a history, a theory, a flood' is a great conceptual explain/primer/pop-sci book on that.

'Seeing like a state' is a little specific, but its specific about this idea.

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'll check that out, thanks. Funny you mention seeing like a state, I just finished it last weekend. I was kind of getting that vibe from it, having watched/listened to stuff about complex systems before. But Ive been intimidated by the nature of most writing on complex systems

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It can get pretty dense; any field with con Neumann involved does that.

Theres a podcast called 'general intellect unit' about this stuff. Also has book recommends.

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Oh, tight! I'll give 'em a listen. Cheers!