From b16a19f94a0d7e580ab5215938268107280f7a14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Gasquez Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 14:09:03 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?docs:=20=F0=9F=93=9D=20add=20reference=20to=20s?= =?UTF-8?q?ystem=20purpose=20principle?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- Systems.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Systems.md b/Systems.md index c9c8ad5..dc443c3 100644 --- a/Systems.md +++ b/Systems.md @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ These are places within a complex system (a corporation, an economy, a living bo 11. The mindset or paradigm out of which the system — its goals, structure, rules, delays, parameters — 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/).