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As an independent, nonprofit research center, we are searching for order in the complexity of evolving worlds.
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“The economy and capital markets are complex adaptive systems. The best way to understand them is through the work done by the scientists at the Santa Fe Institute.”
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Limits
We are exploring the fundamental limits that underlie human endeavor — in learning and understanding, in performance, and in prediction.
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Invention & Innovation
How does novelty — both advantageous and unsuccessful — define evolutionary processes in technological, biological, and social systems?
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Complex Time
Can a theory of complex time explain aging across physical and biological systems?
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Mental Models of Complexity
Can the ideas and mental models from complexity science be extended and applied beyond academia, to business, policy, and government?
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