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The\nCovid crisis has highlighted the interconnectedness of our world on every level\nfrom the household to the global market. The instruction to interact with as\nfew people as possible is fundamentally counter to our social structures of the\ntwenty-first century where regular commerce and social gatherings leave us\nexposed to hundreds if not thousands of people a week. The thesis of Zeynep\nTufekci\u2019s writing, that \u201ccomplex systems defy simplistic reductionism\u201d prompts\nus to consider this situation from a \u201ccomplex-systems perspective\u201d, fully considering\nhow different aspects of our world\u2019s health and industry infrastructures connect.\nThe most compelling argument for system thinking comes from the resource\nallocation and manufacturing priority examples. The Covid situation will not only\noverwhelm the healthcare system now, but with manufacturing being focused only\non products relevant to the current crisis, there will surely be shortages of\nother necessities in the months to come. These supply chain issues could also\nbe disrupted by concerns of cross contamination between countries trying to\nisolate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
These\ncurrent and ongoing issues are multifaceted, and it can be difficult to\nvisualize the entirety of the problem. Even good data presentation and visualization\ncan be lacking when the system has so many variables. It\u2019s easy to say that we\nshould have looked at the numbers, but this article demonstrates that a one-dimensional\nlook at the data failed to identify this threat as a serious problem, which it\nhas certainly become. There is a clear need for efficient ways to view complex\nsystems and the full extent of their outcomes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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