ISSS ‘foundations of systems science’ short introductory papers
ISSS foundations and researcher modules already have a maintained reading route.
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Current events, recent SysCoI reading and the Ashby Laboratory
This bounded refresh accounts for all 27 published SysCoI posts returned for 8–18 October 2026. Twenty new reading leads are added to the atlas; seven announcements reuse existing resources. Discovery records identify material worth inspecting. They do not accept every linked claim.
Explore the Ashby Laboratory through four chapter pathways · Current events and subscriptions
Events refreshed
The maintained collection now contains 252 events, 112 upcoming. 11 of 36 checked sources yielded dated events; 7 sources failed and retain visible health warnings. One newly announced Complexity Lounge event was added after checking the organiser's structured times.
Bernhard Sterchi - Complexity Theory and Neo-Kantian Theory of Science — Tuesday 20 October 2026, 17:00–19:00 Europe/London, online. Collection and publication evidence.
Organisers remain authoritative. Source failures and stale records remain visible; missing listings are not treated as cancellations.
Recent SysCoI reading and announcements
“Coding Society: Programmatic Encounters Between Information Systems and Social Theory” Dr Steffen Roth
The same special issue was recorded in the 7 October intake.
Modern supply chains must balance operational efficiency, resilience and sustainability, within increasingly complex and interconnected environments – Meriel Davies
A practitioner discussion of the competing requirements placed on supply chains. The post is a reading lead; it does not establish measured outcomes or a generally effective intervention.
ISSS – Education Resources
The ISSS education resources are already linked from Learning.
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These Foundations of Systems Science: Key Researchers modules provide concise introductions to the work of important contributors to systems science.
The same researcher collection is already represented; this second announcement is retained as a discovery cross-link.
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You’re invited to: Method Showcase: Logosofia, Software for Collective Inquiry and Decision-Making
The Logosofia showcase is already an approved event in systemsmap.
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Warren McCulloch, chairman [sic] of the Macy Conferences on Cybernetics, in a letter to the cybernetics group before the tenth and final conference, 1953. Discovered and shared by Sean Manion.
A route to an image of a McCulloch letter associated with the final Macy conference. The image attribution and historical context require archival verification before any new lineage claim.
Editorial comparisons: Warren McCulloch
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BI 247 Maxim Raginsky: A Control Theory View on Brains and AI
A Brain Inspired conversation with Maxim Raginsky about control theory, brains and artificial intelligence. Inclusion identifies the episode rather than validating each argument in it.
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Editorial comparisons: Regulation · Modelling
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Love & Philosophy – Andrea Hiott
Andrea Hiott’s Love & Philosophy podcast collection, offering a route into philosophical conversations. Individual episodes and their claims require their own review.
Love & Philosophy – Andrea Hiott
Editorial comparisons: Observer
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#95 Inventing Temperature, Operational Coherence, Activist Realism and Active Knowledge with Cambridge philosopher Hasok Chang
A Love & Philosophy conversation with Hasok Chang about temperature, operational coherence and scientific knowledge. This is a specific episode, distinct from the wider podcast collection.
Call for Thematic Sessions – – FedCSIS 2027
A call for proposed thematic sessions at FedCSIS 2027. The accessible lead does not establish a dated, bookable session, so it remains reading and announcement material.
Call for Thematic Sessions – – FedCSIS 2027
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Design Horizon – An open library of emerging practices and provocations for tackling our world’s most wicked problems – Guerra (2026)
Design Horizon already has an attributed reading route with eight selected resources.
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Our minds aren’t equipped to handle AI
An article considering how people understand and use artificial intelligence. This records a public discussion lead, without adopting its psychological claims as established atlas evidence.
Our minds aren’t equipped to handle AI
Editorial comparisons: Observer
Doing Serious Systems Thinking Means Getting Rid of Elephants, Icebergs and Leverage Points – Jackson (2026) on LinkedIn
Michael C. Jackson’s critique of common systems-thinking metaphors and intervention shortcuts. The critical argument remains attributed to Jackson and can be compared with the approaches he discusses.
Editorial comparisons: Michael C. Jackson · Iceberg model
Nonchaotic model reveals how predictability can emerge from seemingly unpredictable dynamics by Daniel Inafuku
A science-news account of research on predictable patterns in nonchaotic dynamics. Follow its cited research before treating the report as evidence for a general claim about complex systems.
Editorial comparisons: Modelling
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42 | The Systemic Review- a publication of SCiO
A SCiO publication offering analyses of public problems through systems principles. Its papers and editorial account are linked as a collection; individual policy claims remain separately assessable.
42 | The Systemic Review- a publication of SCiO
Editorial comparisons: Boundary
Unstable systems demand fast reflexes
A systems essay about response speed in unstable systems. Compare its argument with specified disturbances, delays and stability conditions rather than inferring a universal management rule.
Unstable systems demand fast reflexes
Editorial comparisons: Feedback · System Stability Principle
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Richard S O’Rourke – Two entropies, two cornerstones
Richard S O’Rourke’s writing connects questions in thermodynamics, cybernetics and political economy. This route preserves the author’s account without equating distinct uses of entropy.
Richard S O’Rourke – Two entropies, two cornerstones
Editorial comparisons: Observer
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The Strategy Dynamics Insights Library
A library of Strategy Dynamics articles and practical explanations. The collection is a learning route; its size or presence does not establish the effectiveness of every application.
The Strategy Dynamics Insights Library
Editorial comparisons: System Dynamics
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What’s in a name? From Norbert Wiener’s Teleology to Artificial Intelligence
A SCiO resource examining the terminology connecting Wiener’s teleology and artificial intelligence. Historical and conceptual claims remain attributable to the resource and need passage-level review.
What’s in a name? From Norbert Wiener’s Teleology to Artificial Intelligence
Editorial comparisons: Norbert Wiener
Modelling Prevention Policy Impacts on Local Authority-Funded Social Care Services in England: A System Dynamics Modelling Approach
An Applied Sciences paper applying system dynamics to prevention and local-authority-funded social care in England. Publication and modelling scope are recorded without treating simulated outcomes as observed policy effects.
Editorial comparisons: System Dynamics
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AI Agents Gone Wild, and the Dangers of Inference
An essay on autonomous AI agents and inference. The reading lead invites examination of assumptions and evidence; it is not an empirical endorsement of the essay’s conclusions.
AI Agents Gone Wild, and the Dangers of Inference
Editorial comparisons: Observer · Modelling
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Epiplexity (epistemic complexity)
A research lead about learnable structure for computationally bounded observers, with a paper, code and lecture. Epiplexity is not silently equated with Shannon entropy or an established general systems law.
Epiplexity (epistemic complexity)
Editorial comparisons: Observer
Steven Hertzberg on LinkedIn – ‘AI research has rediscovered the Macy Conferences, and again without any attribution’
Steven Hertzberg’s commentary raises an attribution question about AI research and the Macy conferences. The allegation is recorded as commentary and does not establish either borrowing or an intellectual lineage.
Editorial comparisons: Warren McCulloch
Where are the systems in ‘systems leadership’? Leaderism, personal development, and the work of changing systems – Taylor (2026)
Benjamin P Taylor questions how systems leadership relates to changing the conditions that generate outcomes. The original essay is the canonical reading source; agreement or demonstrated effectiveness is not inferred.
Editorial comparisons: Boundary · Feedback
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Bernhard Sterchi – Complexity Theory and Neo-Kantian Theory of Science – Tuesday, Oct 20 · 5:00pm UK time, The Complexity Lounge, online
An online Complexity Lounge talk by Bernhard Sterchi comparing complexity theory and Neo-Kantian approaches to science. The organiser’s event page provides the current booking and timing details.
Editorial comparisons: Observer
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Hezen 2.0 – Treister (2009-2011) | cybernetic tarot
Suzanne Treister’s HEXEN 2.0 artwork brings cybernetic histories into a tarot-based artistic exploration. It is recorded as an attributed art and interpretation resource, not a validated divination or historical method.
Hezen 2.0 – Treister (2009-2011) | cybernetic tarot
Editorial comparisons: Norbert Wiener
Attribution and remaining checks
SysCoI is the discovery route. The original publications, organisers, artwork and tools retain their attribution. New graph connections document collection membership or the laboratory’s stated educational coverage; they do not infer intellectual influence. Linked claims, podcast arguments and research results need passage-level review before further claims are accepted.
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