Our universe started out looking very simple: hot, dense, smooth, rapidly expanding. According to our best current model, it will end up looking simple once again: cold, dark, empty. It's in between -- now, roughly speaking -- that things look complex. I have been working to understand the stages by which complexity comes into existence, thrives, and eventually disappears. Without going into technical details, in this solo episode I give an overview of the general picture and the clues we are looking at to better understand the process of complexogenesis.Blog post with transcript: <a href="https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025/06/30/320-solo-complexity-and-the-universe/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025/06/30/320-solo-complexity-and-the-universe/</a>Support Mindscape on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.patreon.com/seanmcarroll" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon</a>.The Santa Fe Institute has recently published a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sfipress.org/books/foundational-papers-in-complexity-science" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">four-volume set of classic papers on complexity</a>. David Krakauer provided&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sfipress.org/books/the-complex-world" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a comprehensive introduction</a>&nbsp;that has been published as a standalone book.See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

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