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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.

Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.

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.

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 organization and the environment are in concert.

The organization and the environment are in concert.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...