The way to build a complex system that works is to build it from very simple systems that work.

Quote by Kevin Kelly

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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.

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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 organization and the environment are in concert.

The organization and the environment are in concert.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...