Watch the 3 minute presentation by Eric Berlow on how complexity leads to simplicity, at TED talks: Simplifying ComplexityLinks to an external site.. Berlow uses the model of a food web to show how to analyze parts of a system. If you were to imagine a social problem you have some familiarity with and draw a web of contributing factors and outcome by using Berlow's three steps, you might identify what the closest and most influential links to the problem that should be focused on first during problem-solving. Consider the following questions: What is the difference between complexity and complicatedness? What are Berlow's three suggestions for how to simplify a complex