★A new work by Sergio Parra, author, editor, and scientific adviser of more than twenty popular science books, several of which have been translated into other languages!
★In the age of artificial intelligence, knowing more is not enough; we must learn to look at things differently!
★This book proposes eight complementary approaches to thinking about the contemporary world and gives us tools for distinguishing the important from the incidental, detecting false certainties, and acting when we do not know enough.

Artificial intelligence, science, and philosophy in the face of the limits of knowledge

In the age of artificial intelligence, knowing more is not enough; we must learn to look at things differently. We live surrounded by data, models, algorithms, and explanations. A world where causes become entangled, solutions generate new problems, and artificial intelligence does not eliminate uncertainty, but rather reorganises it. The science of complexity has been demonstrating for decades that large systems — social, ecological, economic, cognitive — do not behave like machines that can be taken apart and repaired piece by piece. Their components interact, feed back into one another and generate consequences that nobody planned or could have foreseen. Understanding them requires more than just a discipline or an ideology; it requires changing one's perspective and knowing when to do so. Hypercomplexity proposes eight complementary approaches to thinking about the contemporary world and gives us tools for distinguishing the important from the incidental, detecting false certainties, and acting when we do not know enough.

Sergio Parra is a writer, editor, and scientific adviser. He has written more than twenty popular science books on genetics, psychology, artificial intelligence, physics, biology, and the history of science, several of which have been translated into other languages. He contributes to publications such as National Geographic, Xataka, Yorokobu, Jot Down, Muy Interesante and El Confidencial, and has served as a scientific adviser on television programmes, podcasts, and publishing projects.