Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.

Quote by Kevin Kelly

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We are infected by our own misunderstanding of how our own minds work.

We are infected by our own misunderstanding of how our own minds work.

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

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

A brain is a society of very small, simple modules that cannot be said to...

A brain is a society of very small, simple modules that cannot be said to...

Much of outcomes research is a systematic attempt to exploit what is known and make...

Much of outcomes research is a systematic attempt to exploit what is known and make...

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

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

Managers tend to treat organizations as if they are infinitely plastic. They hire and fire,...

Managers tend to treat organizations as if they are infinitely plastic. They hire and fire,...

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

It has become evident that the primary lesson of the study of evolution is that...

It has become evident that the primary lesson of the study of evolution is that...

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...

It's more along the lines of raising a child: we train the system to a...

It's more along the lines of raising a child: we train the system to a...

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...

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

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

When a system is in turbulence, the turbulence is not just out there in the...

When a system is in turbulence, the turbulence is not just out there in the...

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...

The nature of an innovation is that it will arise at a fringe where it...

The nature of an innovation is that it will arise at a fringe where it...

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.