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Jessica Flack

Professor, Santa Fe Institute

Jessica Flack is a professor at the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico and director of the Collective Computation Group at SFI.

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Written by Jessica Flack

Two basketball players in action, one holding running past the other while holding the ball, with a crowd and referee in the background.

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Complexity

All stars

Is a great team more than the sum of its players? Complexity science reveals the role of strategy, synergy, swarming and more

Jessica Flack & Cade Massey

A deserted city street flanked by tall buildings, leading to a large historic building in the background under a clear sky.

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Complexity

Uncertain times

The pandemic is an unprecedented opportunity – seeing human society as a complex system opens a better future for us all

Jessica Flack & Melanie Mitchell