Species go extinct because there are historical contraints built into a given body or a given design.

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And they discovered something very interesting: when it comes to walking, most of the ant's...

And they discovered something very interesting: when it comes to walking, most of the ant's...

An organization is a set of relationships that are persistent over time.

An organization is a set of relationships that are persistent over time.

In a broad systems sense, an organism's environment is indistinguishable from the organism itself.

In a broad systems sense, an organism's environment is indistinguishable from the organism itself.

Changing things from the top down works when things are stable.

Changing things from the top down works when things are stable.

The most interesting thing about change in the environment is that for the most part...

The most interesting thing about change in the environment is that for the most part...

Everything that we are making, we are making more and more complex.

Everything that we are making, we are making more and more complex.

An organization's reason for being, like that of any organism, is to help the parts...

An organization's reason for being, like that of any organism, is to help the parts...

Complexity that works is built up out of modules that work perfectly, layered one over...

Complexity that works is built up out of modules that work perfectly, layered one over...

The current understanding was that it was impossible to predict how something would evolve because...

The current understanding was that it was impossible to predict how something would evolve because...

This is actually a very important principle that science is learning about large systems like...

This is actually a very important principle that science is learning about large systems like...

The way to build a complex system that works is to build it from very...

The way to build a complex system that works is to build it from very...

It's generally much easier to kill an organization than to change it substantially.

It's generally much easier to kill an organization than to change it substantially.

The system continually has to make this choice: it can either continue to exploit a...

The system continually has to make this choice: it can either continue to exploit a...

The most certain thing you can say about the environment tomorrow is that it probably...

The most certain thing you can say about the environment tomorrow is that it probably...

All imaginable futures are not equally possible.

All imaginable futures are not equally possible.

But when you are embodied in a location, in a physical plant, in a set...

But when you are embodied in a location, in a physical plant, in a set...

Basins of attraction, of self organization, show up as well in our complex social environment,...

Basins of attraction, of self organization, show up as well in our complex social environment,...

The way that organizations and organisms anticipate the future is by taking signals from the...

The way that organizations and organisms anticipate the future is by taking signals from the...

Organisms by their design are not made to adapt too far.

Organisms by their design are not made to adapt too far.

Each organism's environment, for the most part, consists of other organisms.

Each organism's environment, for the most part, consists of other organisms.