# Complexity Emerges From Interacting Parts by Bryant McGill > “Emergence explains how small efforts become something greater. In complex systems, parts interacting over time produce behaviors and qualities none of them had alone, and a well-focused life can likewise produce results far larger than any single action could explain.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *How Small Efforts Emerge Into Something Greater, Monday Motivation Part 2 - Livestream (undated)* ## Sources and Context - **Source:** [[livestreams/How Small Efforts Emerge Into Something Greater, Monday Motivation Part 2 - Livestream|How Small Efforts Emerge Into Something Greater, Monday Motivation Part 2 - Livestream]] — exact quotation from the developed livestream document. - **Conceptual context:** Local interactions, feedback, adaptation, and accumulated constraints can produce system-level patterns that no isolated component contains or directs by itself. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/A Systems-Diagnostic Framework for Planetary-Scale Computation|A Systems-Diagnostic Framework for Planetary-Scale Computation]] - **Article:** [[articles/Participation as an Information-Causal Principle|Participation as an Information-Causal Principle]] - **Livestream:** [[livestreams/How Small Efforts Emerge Into Something Greater, Monday Motivation Part 2 - Livestream|How Small Efforts Emerge Into Something Greater, Monday Motivation Part 2 - Livestream]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Emergent Complexity|Emergent Complexity]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Emergence explains how small efforts become something greater. In complex systems, parts interacting over time produce behaviors and qualities none of them had alone, and a well-focused life can likewise produce results far larger than any single action could explain.” — Bryant McGill, How Small Efforts Emerge Into Something Greater, Monday Motivation Part 2 - Livestream (undated) https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-complexity-emerges-interacting-parts ```