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docs: πŸ“ add reference to system purpose principle
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11. The mindset or paradigm out of which the system β€” its goals, structure, rules, delays, parameters β€” arises.
12. The power to transcend paradigms.

**Don't aim for an ideal system. Build a set of [[processes]] and protocols that evolve to fit the environment over time.** [Complex systems fail](https://how.complexsystems.fail/).
**Don't aim for an ideal system. Build a set of [[processes]] and protocols that evolve to fit the environment over time.** [Complex systems fail](https://how.complexsystems.fail/). [The purpose of a system is what it does](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_what_it_does).

If everyone agrees the current system doesn't work well, who perpetuates it? Some [systems with systemic/incentives failures are broken in multiple places so that no one actor can make them better](https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/), even though, in principle, some [magically coordinated action could move to a new stable state](https://equilibriabook.com/molochs-toolbox/).

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