It basically asks whether conflict is fractal, or whether it's patterns of outbreak are self-similar at different scales. Is it like forest fire where, if you suppress it at smaller scales, it eventually reasserts itself at larger scales?
This leads to interesting hypotheses on the evolution of language (which is certainly conducive to less destructive conflict at smaller scales) among other things
Fractal Conflicts & Swing Voters with Eddie Lee https://complexity.simplecast.com/episodes/39-9ugXDtkC/trans...
It basically asks whether conflict is fractal, or whether it's patterns of outbreak are self-similar at different scales. Is it like forest fire where, if you suppress it at smaller scales, it eventually reasserts itself at larger scales?
This leads to interesting hypotheses on the evolution of language (which is certainly conducive to less destructive conflict at smaller scales) among other things