Chaotics

GEORGES ANDERLA, an economist by training, was head of the EC Information Technology Directorate, where he set up Euronet, an early European academic forerunner of the Internet. He is the coauthor, with Anthony Dunning, of Computer Strategies, 1990-1999 (1987). ANTHONY DUNNING is Information Resources Manager in the office of the Directorate-General for Telecommunications, Information Market and Innovation of the European Commission. SIMON FORGE is a director of the Cambridge Strategic Management Group, a telecommunications and information technology consultancy, and is on the board of Futures.

Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Foundations of Chaotics A Routemap to the Concepts and the Book An Overview of Chaos and Complexity Insights from Numbers and Visualizing Chaos Contrasts in Chaos Theory, Complex Systems Theory, and Greek Omelettes, in the Search for Chaotic Axioms Business Chaotics: Perspectives on Wealth Creation--a Positive Approach Production for Increasing Returns Economics, Intelligence and Turbulence Technology Forecasting, with a Safety Net Breakthrough and Soft Landing Social Chaotics: Principles for Designing and Building Society--a Sea-Change in the Philosophy of Living Earthly Space-Time Trade-Offs Employment, Unemployment and Its Antidotes The Coming Take-Off of the Third World An Environment in Search of Its Guardians A Recap Briefly, Thinking with Chaotics--And Our 21st Century Agenda Appendices: Computing under Chaotics--Slow Decay versus Self-Organization; Playing Simple Games with Numbers Bibliography Glossary of Terms Index