Below is the subtitled appeal for Egyptians to go to Tahrir Square on January 25.
That such a large change can be initiated from such a small trigger suggests the system was perched on the edge of chaos.
Complex systems frequently exist in such a state. Any arbitrarily large change can avalanche through the system from an arbitrarily small trigger, although the probability of any event is inversely related to its size.
But the modern situation is different--because unlike an avalanche, all of the "grains of sand" are connected via social networks and have grown increasingly unhappy with their economic/political situations--all of which increases the likelihood of further such political avalanches throughout the world.
That such a large change can be initiated from such a small trigger suggests the system was perched on the edge of chaos.
Complex systems frequently exist in such a state. Any arbitrarily large change can avalanche through the system from an arbitrarily small trigger, although the probability of any event is inversely related to its size.
But the modern situation is different--because unlike an avalanche, all of the "grains of sand" are connected via social networks and have grown increasingly unhappy with their economic/political situations--all of which increases the likelihood of further such political avalanches throughout the world.
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