CLOUDS, COMPUTERS AND COMPLEXITY

Modern computers are complex. But is it meaningful to say that a computer is complex when compared to a system as intricate as the brain? Is a miniature version of a computer more complex, more intricate—or just smaller? How can we begin to conceive of ever more complex systems if we lack the ability to describe them? Clearly, we need to add new terminology to our descriptive lexicon of complexity.

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