The Puzzle of Global Complexity: Reflections on a Saturday Pips Puzzler The New York Times' daily Pips puzzles have become a beloved fixture for many readers, offering a challenging problem to solve each day.
On the surface, they appear to be nothing more than a delightful diversion from the news – a clever combination of logic, patterns, and spatial reasoning.
However, upon closer inspection, we find that Pips puzzles have much in common with global complexities. Both involve complex systems, interconnected components, and delicate balances between competing demands.