Seven Life Lessons Of Chaos: Gwen Kennedy

In Seven Life Lessons Of Chaos, John Briggs and F. David Peat write:

"From the perspective of chaos theory, it is less important to notice how systems are in competition with each other than it is to notice how systems are nested within each other and inextricably linked.

...one of the most exciting sports experiences anyone can have is watching a team catch fire. Perhaps as a basketball game begins, the players of one team seem to be operating independently of one another, ... in effect competing among themselves. Then they suddenly undergo a transformation. One of them makes an inspired play that leads to a basket.... Now the moves the players make seem coupled together, all five team members working like a single organism. ...

Chaos theory tells us competition and cooperation are not either/or ideas. They are complexly interwoven."