Complexity in the Twenty-First Century: From the Limits of Growth to the Growth of Limits

Reda Benkirane

Complex Systems, 34(4), 2026 pp. 387–400.

Complexity, a term that is both ambiguous and multifaceted, is used widely today. Various legitimate definitions can be proposed for it, as is the case with “ample” notions such as intelligence, consciousness or culture. The recurrent mention of this term can be attributed to the transformation of our societies and their artifacts, as well as the acceleration of time brought by the digital revolution—a technological upheaval comparable to the invention of writing and the printing press.

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