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

Quote by Kevin Kelly

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

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

The organization and the environment are in concert.

The organization and the environment are in concert.

Managing bottom-up change is its own art.

Managing bottom-up change is its own art.

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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,...

But in a turbulent environment the change is so widespread that it just routes around...

But in a turbulent environment the change is so widespread that it just routes around...

Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.

Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.

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 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...

One of the functions of an organization, of any organism, is to anticipate the future,...

One of the functions of an organization, of any organism, is to anticipate the future,...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

All imaginable futures are not equally possible.

All imaginable futures are not equally possible.

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...