To anyone in #complexity#networks#emergence, what are key materials to read to get a good foundation in these topics? Especially as they relate to cognition?

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Despite being quite old Stuart Kauffman's At Home In the Universe is an excellent introduction to some key concepts for the general reader. There must be something more recent though ...

Here's a review article from me and Carlo Rovelli relating to emergence of cognition pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32414530/

Transitions in Brain Evolution: Space, Time and Entropy - PubMed

How did brains evolve to become so complex, and what is their future? Brains pose an explanatory challenge because entropy, which inexorably increases over time, is commonly associated with disorder a...