A butterfly, the Asian swallowtail, feeding at a flower in Ikebukuro, Japan. Photo credit: Stuart West.

ASN Address: The Evolutionary and Ecological Consequences of Cooperation

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I think of this as as the context for Elinor Ostrom's "Governing the Commons". People can govern common resources but only when they are in a community appropriately designed: bounded, with lots of monitoring and escalating strategies conflict resolution, these are conditions to isolate jerks.

If I want to do calculations reasonably fast I use 20th century computing...

If I want to do calculations very fast I use 17th century mathematics...

Then again, if I want to do calculations wrong I use 21st century computing.

Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 Join us to explore cutting-edge knowledge of complex systems and how this knowledge is being used to drive system change.

2. NB these are rough dates, with time for travel and birding in between.

Feb 10-11 University of Otago
Feb 13 University of Canterbury
Feb 17-19 University of Auckland, NetSciX Auckland
Feb 24-25 CCCSS Wellington

Feel free to reach out if you'd like to connect or talk about scheduling a seminar!

Abstinence From AI Is Not the Answer Opinion | Refusing to use AI won’t protect society. Responsible resistance must include gaining knowledge about it.

Cris Moore and @cbo.bsky.social stake out the AI Luddite label as the nuanced, humanist position.