Emergence Quote by Fritjof Capra

The phenomenon of emergence takes place at critical points of instability that arise from fluctuations in the environment, amplified by feedback loops. Emergence results…

— Fritjof Capra

“The essence of instability [in fundamental forces of nature] is that small fluctuations get amplified.”

— Max Tegmark

This spontaneous emergence of order at critical points of instability, which is often referred to simply as "emergence," is one of the hallmarks of…

— Fritjof Capra

“When we, system dynamicists, see a pattern persist in many parts of a system over long periods, we assume that it has causes embedded…

— Donella H. Meadows

The amazing thing is that chaotic systems don't always stay chaotic," Ben said, leaning on the gate. "Sometimes they spontaneously reorganize themselves into an…

— Connie Willis

I've found that instability from growth comes in waves.

— Alan Schaaf

We grow in direct proportion to the amount of chaos we can sustain and dissipate

— Ilya Prigogine

“all these complex systems have somehow acquired the ability to bring order and chaos into a special kind of balance. This balance point—often called…

— M. Mitchell Waldrop

When systems come to be far from points of equilibrium, they reach bifurcation points, wherein multiple, as opposed to unique, solutions, to instability become…

— Immanuel Wallerstein

Living systems are never in equilibrium. They are inherently unstable. They may seem stable, but they’re not. Everything is moving and changing. In a…

— Michael Crichton

Thr principle of organization is built into nature. Chaos itself is self-organizing. Out of primordial disorder, stars find their orbit; rivers make their way…

— Steven Pressfield

“Sensitive dependence on initial conditions; one word, one act, can change the world. Well they named it chaos theory.”

— Ian McDonald