Slowly Become Stronger Through Proficiency
I want to read a book like "Shield Hero: Can You Really Use a Shield". Usually it's the kind that has a profession, starting with the profession, and then focusing on some abilities belonging to related professions. The main thing is to work hard step by step and slowly develop, not the kind of invincible, casual
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The Santa Fe Institute is a world leader in complexity research. To a large extent, the purpose of their complexity research is to find the transition mechanism from micro to macro. Therefore, how living entities, organizations, communities, etc. Derive from a single subject, develop into large-scale groups at the macro level, and converge into complex societies has become the proper meaning of their research. In the opinion of the authors of this book, scale can be seen as an important factor influencing this emergence process. Individual development is inseparable from scale constraints, and the optimal scale depends on the balance between efficiency and resources.
The book discusses the cycle issues of organisms, enterprises, and cities. No enterprise or life-span object can surpass a city. The important reason is that the enterprise is a top-down closed system that uses market competition as a means to pursue the maximization of interests. On the contrary, the city is an open, new and inclusive city. The urban population has doubled, and the need for public facilities has increased by 0.85 Times. Urban growth follows the law of decreasing costs and increasing returns.
The theme of this book is about the law of scale. The complex and diverse world actually hides an unexpected simplicity and unity. Starting from the scale of living organisms, the smallest mammals and elephants are enlargements of the same model. Pressure linear function The larger the biological volume, the higher the utilization rate of cells, the lower the application frequency, the lower the metabolism, and the longer the life span. The scale of a company is also linear, limited by growth and a slowdown in the pace of life. The lifespan of companies and organisms is short, while the lifespan of cities is long.
The subtitle of this book is "Simple Laws for a Complex World", which is actually more attractive than the main title. The author has devoted decades of research and proposed the "law of scale". He believes that everything can be understood by this law. Using the law of scale, everything can be quantified and predicted. This point of view allows the complicated representations to finally converge to a starting point, breaking the barriers of disciplines and the constraints of thinking. This way of thinking is what I find most useful. However, it is actually difficult to demonstrate clearly how applicable it is. After all, it is impossible to analyze everything.
I love how the book talks about the lifespans and body shapes of different organisms, such as bacteria and blue whales. It's so amazing! Moreover, the book also says that human society has similar laws. This book allowed me to see the simple logic of a complex world. I recommend you read it too!
There are too many technical terms, but I persevered and finished reading.
A very good book
Very beautiful, recommended. Very interesting book. After reading it, the author really wrote it very carefully. Recommend.
This book is a way to understand the world as a whole