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

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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...

All imaginable futures are not equally possible.

All imaginable futures are not equally possible.

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

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

Technological advances could allow us to see more clearly into our own lives.

Technological advances could allow us to see more clearly into our own lives.

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 great advance of personal computers was not the computing power per se but the...

The great advance of personal computers was not the computing power per se but the...

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...

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...

Organizations get invested into a particular product. And sometimes the best thing is to stop...

Organizations get invested into a particular product. And sometimes the best thing is to stop...

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...

But in fact, when you try to model that on a computer you find that...

But in fact, when you try to model that on a computer you find that...

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...

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 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...

The organization and the environment are in concert.

The organization and the environment are in concert.

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...

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...

Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.

Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.

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.