Don't just do something, stand there! Reflections on the counterintuitive behavior of complex systems, seen through the eyes of System Dynamics, Systems Thinking and simulation.
This weekend I was inexorably drawn to Yellowstone by the earthquake swarm. I didn’t feel anything, but even the benign springs at Mammoth can look frightening. This time of year, you’re a lot more likely to freeze to death than to be obliterated by a supervolcano eruption (I hope).
Well, at least me and a few fellow Montanans. There’s an earthquake swarm in Yellowstone right now. The supervolcano is sure to blow us all to Kingdom Come. This elk my wife met seems unconcerned though:
A guy at Wolfram made a nice visualization example out of the data, though it’s not exactly a gripping movie.