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Effy's physiological imbalance

gmaximin

on Aug. 16, 2020

(Original article on Effy's website)
Chaos theory and efficiency are closely related, as chaos feeds efficiency. We defined efficiency roughly as generating more than the sum of the resources it uses.

The more resources at disposal; the more possibilities and alternatives. A quick example, take a box of lego, your creations will be limited by the number, shape, color of pieces available in the box. To increase possibilities for your creations, you will need to buy new boxes. The more lego you have, the more solid, aesthetic or fun your creation will become, because you will have optimized solutions to shape your objective. The same goes with efficiency. Efficiency in a limited and standard world lacks the volume, malleability and potential of resource to generate optimal outputs. In other words, efficiency needs to feed from resources diversity to gain shape.

Chaotic systems provide the most diversity. Chaos theoreticians define chaos “not about disorder but rather about very complicated systems of order” (ThoughCo website). From an efficiency point of view, this definition underlines the potential: by understanding, isolating, and using the right resource or sequence or ordered resource, greater efficiency can be achieved. Take market price variation as example. Financial markets are sometime perceived as a chaotic, with a multitude of factor and variables impacting price variations. However, by understanding and isolating main driving factors, while using statistical information to order and model price behavior, financial efficiency can be achieved. The more data you’ll get, the more potential you will have to shape your predictions and reach efficiency (here is an article about chaos theory and investment from Investopedia).

In this episode, Effy (the living efficiency) gains shape from the chaotic environment of the city. Ultimately, she reaches a physiological balance once surrounded by chaotic noises and flows.