Philosophy has the reputation of verbosity. As someone who wrote a punchy, succinct 486 page manifesto , I have no idea what everyone is complaining about. That said, I do admire short story writers who can fit so much depth into so little space. I’ve collected the best of the best for you. Gather around for storytime, prepare to uncover the universe’s greatest mysteries, and maybe even take a step closer to finding answers. Isaac Asimov - The Last Question Who is it for: A person who...

[This is Part 15 of a series of posts which serialize my book, A Metarevolutionary Manifesto . Read Part 14 here .] d. Fractality Fractality - in general They say the “B.” in “Benoit B. Mandelbrot” stands for “Benoit B. Mandelbrot”. As the “Father of Fractals”, his name itself hints at one of their key features: self-similarity. In “The Fractal Geometry of Nature” he identifies naturally occurring fractal patterns in plants, coastlines, galaxies, human bodies (as in the branching patterns...

[This is Part 14 of a series of posts which serialize my book, A Metarevolutionary Manifesto . Read Part 13 here .] b. Synergy & emergence Synergy & emergence - in general Both synergy and emergence are properties of a whole system that are different from those of the parts or elements or subsystems. Let’s briefly explore the difference between them, their impact on the science of complexity, and their place within the metarevolutionary worldview. In this book we will use the following...