Paul Beckwith in a long-assed video expounding on tipping points and ecological systems.
A nice video thumbnail to launch the thread. I confess my attention span reached a tipping point. There are only so many hours in a day. But watching it even for a few minutes is thought provoking. I had it on while I produced and edited this post. Consequently I exaggerate about my attention span reaching a tipping point. I watched all of it. Writing this post made it so.
Multiple drivers make tipping points hard crisp and certain.
But belief in the 4th of July interferes with a belief in tipping points.
Americans are too free to see.
That tipping points are real.
* An understanding of Chaos Theory makes the conclusions of the paper Paul discusses obvious to me. I learned from the James Gleick's book. that increased stress in a ecological system will lead to chaotic behavior. Or in other words, collapse.
Specific parameter values assigned to reproduction and mortality rates, carrying capacities, and predator-prey interaction coefficients will influence a system's behavior. Small changes in parameter values can cause transition from stable to chaotic dynamics.
Specific parameter values assigned to reproduction and mortality rates, carrying capacities, and predator-prey interaction coefficients will influence a system's behavior. Small changes in parameter values can cause transition from stable to chaotic dynamics.
