Not really. Fractals and chaos theory were a bit like blockchain in that it was a "new kind of science" and it was supposed to explain everything, and you could buy pop-science books talking about the implications.
And then it sort of fizzled out, because while it's interesting and gives us a bit of additional philosophical insights into certain problems, it doesn't do anything especially useful. You can use it to draw cool space-filling shapes.
And then it sort of fizzled out, because while it's interesting and gives us a bit of additional philosophical insights into certain problems, it doesn't do anything especially useful. You can use it to draw cool space-filling shapes.