Discovered, Not Designed

I rated this book five stars because of the content. The author has some interesting ideas about how to build complex systems in the future; more trial and error and tinkering, less reductionist thinking. Looking for properties is also intriguing. I would have loved to see more examples though. To sum up, if you are interested in solving wicked problems, this is a great book to read.

Wow! If you are a builder (even an aspiring) who wants to build theories, machines, systems, or anything, then consider reading the description — that should make you pick up the book. I would require a reread to write a review that would do the justice to the book — both of which I'll doing soon enough. Enjoy it if you end up reading it, and then please share your thoughts!

Simply an incredible and insightful book. The timing could not be better, specially, with the rise of non-deterministic technologies (LLM, AI, etc...). For anyone that want to see the world through a dynamic lens, or someone like me with a entrepreneur Spirit that likes to build and bring things into reality. Can't recommend enough!

Deep down, we all have intuitive feels for certain aspects of existence but are unconscious to it's logic. This book offers the rigor to substantiate those intuitions.

This book is great for deeply understanding a hard topic in a jargon-free, intuitive sense. The author does a great job of connecting the many concepts in the book with everyday examples. The book brilliantly connects the dots between many scientific and non-scientific disciplines. This book successfully challenges the dominant interventionist or design-oriented pursuits and makes a compelling case for relying on natural mechanisms (complexity) for solving hard problems.