In this second episode of the ACSS' third season, the Chief Crisis Simulations Officer, Shiva Shah, details what complex systems are, how they are being integrated into the simulations in 2023 and how to best contend with them. Shiva's reading/resource suggestions:

• Systems Effects by Robert Jervis

• ANU School of Cybernetics - "One of the Leading Institutions in the study of complex systems and specifically their relationship with cyber physical systems and ecology, which goes without saying that they underpin some of the greatest national security challenges today"

• The 'Complexity' podcast by the Santa Fe Institute

• Competing for the system: The Essence of Strategic Emerging Rivalries - report by the RAND Corporation

• The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow

• Neuromancer by William Gibson

We hope you enjoy and learn from this podcast and all podcasts to come. https://australian-crisis-simulation-summit.com/