Selforganized criticality leads to spontaneous bursts of activity from "summary" of Complexity by Mitchell M. Waldrop
Self-organized criticality is a concept that arises in systems that are at the brink of chaos, yet able to maintain a delicate balance. When a system reaches this critical state, it becomes highly sensitive to even the smallest perturbations. This sensitivity can lead to cascades of events, where small triggers can set off a chain reaction of activity. In such systems, there is a feedback loop where the activity generated by one event can trigger subsequent events, leading to a burst of activity. This burst can be spontaneous and unpredictable, as the system responds to the initial trigger and amplifies it through a series of interactions. The system is in a state of heightened activity, with energy flowing through it in an uncontrolled ma...
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