Week 7, Fractals

Fractals seem to be a very nice way to understand complex systems. Patterns within the larger system create and affect the pattern of the larger system itself. Small changes to the smaller patterns would then have huge impacts upon the complex whole. This concept connects back to feedback loops and autopoiesis for me because they all seem to want to explain how complex systems are so complex. I think they are complex beyond our understanding, but these interesting ideas really do make me appreciate the complexity of the world and universe we live in.