Reality Upgrade

This is an amazing video. Sean Gourley is a physicist who decided that by mapping the number and size of acts of violence in the Iraq war, and others like it, the behaviors could be modeled, and thereby predicted.

I think this is great, because I believe that human behavior can be modeled, in a general way, to predict outcomes of certain situations.  I have seen this in action in social settings all the time, and it is great to see someone putting this into practice in a large scale. Especially for something as useful as understanding the conflicts in Iraq and Afganistan. 

If we are ever going to really achive world peace, this is the beginning of how we will do it.

If the video will not play for some reason, watch it here on TED.

Here is some more about Sean Gourley, if you are interested.