Facing complexity means befriending uncertainty and ambiguity

 Blog post by Wahl. Some key excerpts:

"The way we tend to try to establish certainty is by defining a particular way of seeing and limiting the boundaries of the system in question. What results is the illusion of certainty. [...]  Any perspective is a limited view of the underlying complexity. In order to befriend uncertainty, we need to let go of our need for prediction and control."

"Most causality in nature is not linear in the sense that effect follows cause in a linear way. Due to radical interconnectivity, systemic interactions and feedback loops, causality is more often than not circular rather than linear. Effects become causes and causes are the effects of other systems dynamics. [...]  Any system that is constituted of three or more interacting variables is more appropriately described by non-linear mathematics and should be considered a complex dynamic system."