And so, to begin with, let's go back to grade 8 in social studies and find out what society is, as a complex system:
A system is a collection of interacting and interconnected elements that form a single whole.
It also includes the following characteristics:
self-developing
unfinished
dynamic
open
self-regulating
self-structured
united
I can tell you in all seriousness that these characteristics are guaranteed to fit decentralized blockchains....
https://hackernoon.com/societies-and-decentralized-systems-have-a-lot-in-common-kd5533v2