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Complex Systems
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[edit] Characteristics
- Self-Stabilizing
- Goal-Seeking
- Program-following
- Self-Reprogramming
- Anticipation
- Environment Modifying
- Self-Replicating
- Self-Maintaining and Repairing
- Self-Reorganizing
- Self-Programming
[edit] Rules of Thumb
- Everything is connected to everything else.
- You can never do just one thing.
- There is no "away."
- There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
- Nature knows best.
- If ain't what you don't know that hurts you; it's what you DO know that ain't so.
- Obvious solutions do more harm than good.
- Look for high leverage points.
- Nothing grows forever.
- Don't fight positive feedback; support negative feedback instead.
- Don't try to control the players, just change the rules.
- Don't make rules that can't be enforced.
- There are no simple solutions.
- Good intentions are not enough.
- High morality depends on accurate prophecy.
- If you can't make people self-sufficient, your aid does more harm than good.
- There are no final answers.
- Every solution creates new problems.
- Loose systems are often better.
- Don't be fooled by system cycles.
- Remember the Golden Mean.
- Beware the empty compromise.
- Don't be a boiled frog.
- Watch our for thresholds.
- Competition is often cooperation in disguise.
- Bad boundaries make bad governments.
- Beware the Tragedy of the Commons.
- Foresight always wins in the long run.
[edit] References
- Systems Laws
- Clemson, Barry (1984) Cybernetics: A New Management Tool. Abacus Press
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