From Krasnow Advisory Board Member and Friend Bill Nitze….
——– Original Message ——–
Subject: Complexity Theory
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 13:35:36 -0700
From: William Nitze
Jim:
I came across a classical passage that I thought might intrigue you.
You may have thought that complexity theory is a recent development, but
it arguably originated more than 2,500 years ago. Here is Gut
Davenport’s translation of Fragment 40 from Herakleitos of Ephesus:
“The most beautiful order of the world is still a random gathering of
things insignificant in themselves.”