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

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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...

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...

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...

Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.

Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.

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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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,...