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# Appendix - Complexity

Please refer to the [About Complexity](/experimentation-field-guide/complexity.md) section for a simple overview of complexity. 

However, if you would like to learn more, I suggest these resources:

**Embracing Complexity; Strategic Perspectives for an Age of Turbulence - Jean Boulton**

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**Designs for the Pluriverse - Arturo Escobar**&#x20;

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**Thinking in Systems - Donella Meadows**

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**In The Bubble; Designing In A Complex World - John Thackara**&#x20;

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**The Black Swan; The Impact Of The Highly Improbable - Nassim Nicolas Taleb**&#x20;

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**The Rise Of The Prototyping Paradigm - Zaid Hassan**

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**Emergent Strategy - Adrienne Maree Brown**

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**The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization - Peter Senge**

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**Complex Adaptive Systems - Dave Snowden**

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**How Forests Think: Toward an Anthropology Beyond the Human - Eduardo Kohn**&#x20;

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