ABSTRACT
Complexity thinking should be considered as a method for understanding diversity, rather than a unified meta-theory. Its epistemological value could come from acknowledging the serendipitous nature of Nature and of society. Not that there are no rules, but that rules are created, and changed, in a relentless process of deliberate actions and unique interactions. The information technology paradigm does not evolve towards its closure as a system, but its openness as a multi-edged network … (Castells, 1996:65).
