Open Discussion: Emergence — When More Is Different

This is the follow-up open discussion to our main event on emergence — the phenomenon where interactions between parts lead to outcomes that can’t be predicted from the parts alone.

We’ll continue exploring ideas raised in the framing presentation, including:
• Philip Anderson’s “More Is Different” — a foundational look at how complexity gives rise to new laws and behaviors
• Krakauer and Mitchell’s modern perspective on emergence in biological and computational systems, where evolving, diverse parts interact across multiple levels

This session will be entirely discussion-based — no formal presentation — and is open to all, whether or not you attended the main event. You’re welcome to join just to listen or jump in with thoughts, questions, and reflections.

As always, you don’t need to have read the papers in advance, but links will be available in our group Discord for those who want to dive deeper.