Coevolution creates living complexity - by Gordon Brander
Adewale Oshineye juxtaposed these two quotes in the Subconscious Discord recently: A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over with a working simple system.
Coevolution creates living complexity Gordon Brander Oct 03, 2022 27 Share Adewale Oshineye juxtaposed these two quotes in the Subconscious Discord recently: A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over with a working simple system. ( Gall’s Law ) And Complex systems can evolve from simple systems only if there are stable intermediate forms. (Donella Meadows, 2008. Thinking in Systems ) Putting the quotes together, he coins the
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