"The replacement of any large complex system invariably will have kinks that need to be worked out, " spokesman John McCarthy said.

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Certainly, cyberspace counts as a large, complex sociotechnical system.

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First of all, the brain is a complex system that develops, in a very large part, through its interactions with the environment.

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In complex systems, the slightest variation in initial conditions can create large deviations in future system conditions over time and not necessarily in predictable ways.

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It took further centuries to harness the results of System Two thinking to build a complex technological society that delivers unprecedented material benefits to populations so large that millions would perish if advanced technologies that are commonplace today, and magic to most people, were to disappear.

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