Fractal Conflicts & Swing Voters with Eddie Lee

Explore the fascinating world of fractal conflicts and swing voters in this thought-provoking podcast episode featuring Eddie Lee from the Santa Fe Institute. Delve into the power-law distribution of armed conflicts, uncovering hidden patterns that suggest a deep underlying order in societal dynamics. Examine new analyses of conflict and voting data to identify pivotal components that shape historical outcomes. Learn about the potential for a universal theory predicting conflict sizes and key influencers in society. Discover connections between armed conflicts, fractal structures, and computational processes, while investigating the role of swing voters in the justice system and influencers in pop culture. Gain insights into the constraints guiding societal currents and explore the implications of these studies for understanding and potentially preventing future conflicts.

Intro
Complexity Introduction
Eddies Background
Fractal Conflicts
Neural Avalanches
Cascades
Functional properties of conflict
How does conflict persist
Liliths brood
Regulators
Conflict
Fractal Policing
Pivotal Components
Search Results Manipulation