Pinboard (tealtan) https://pinboard.in/u:tealtan/public/ recent bookmarks from tealtan cavalorn: Prometheus Unbound: What The Movie Was Actually About 2012-06-10T07:56:27+00:00 http://cavalorn.livejournal.com/584135.html#cutid1 tealtan storytelling religion questionable from:twitter ~to:retag *Category:life *Category:media media:movies https://twitter.com/ https://pinboard.in/u:tealtan/b:77b3bb0ca74e/ Open the Future: Nine Meditations on Complexity 2012-05-18T17:31:10+00:00 http://www.openthefuture.com/2012/05/nine_meditations_on_complexity.html tealtanComplicated systems have many parts, or take many steps, or have many rules; complex systems are complicated systems connected to and interdependent with other systems (likely also complex).
The associated complexity of a seemingly simple resolution generally shows up in unintended or unexpected consequences; complicated interconnections cannot be cut without repercussions.
The only way to reduce and resolve the complexity of a given situation is to reduce its level of interconnection with other systems; doing so, however, can undermine the value or power of the given system, and will alter the systems to which it was once connected.
In other words, the opposite of "complex" is not "simple," the opposite of "complex" is "isolated."
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There's a solution in computer engineering known as loosely-coupled systems. Basically, the notion is that each subsystem should have the minimum number of connections to other systems. This probably somehow applies to the future somehow.
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