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Is your system simple, complicated or complex? | Is your system simple, complicated or complex? | ||
*'''[[Simple]]''': suitable for checklists, recipes etc, where heuristics can overcome the hubris that comes with treating ''simple'' processes as ''trivial''. Disinfecting your instruments before performing heart surgery is simple, but not trivial. See: {{br|The Checklist Manifesto}} | *'''[[Simple]]''': suitable for checklists, recipes etc, where heuristics can overcome the hubris that comes with treating ''simple'' processes as ''trivial''. Disinfecting your instruments before performing heart surgery is simple, but not trivial. See: {{br|The Checklist Manifesto}} | ||
*'''[[Complicated]]''': complicated systems need skilled management, but the right hands can usually manage them successfully. You know you have a complicated system when there is a comprehensive and robust set of axioms and rules, and thus it is a matter of making sure that the proper models are being used for the situation at hand. [[Chess]] is a complicated system. [[Alpha Go]] is a complicated system. Do you hear that, {{author| | *'''[[Complicated]]''': complicated systems need skilled management, but the right hands can usually manage them successfully. You know you have a complicated system when there is a comprehensive and robust set of axioms and rules, and thus it is a matter of making sure that the proper models are being used for the situation at hand. [[Chess]] is a complicated system. [[Alpha Go]] is a complicated system. Do you hear that, {{author|Daniel Susskind}}? | ||
*'''[[Complex]]''': Complex systems are dynamic, constantly changing, and interact with themselves and the envorinment in unexpected ways | *'''[[Complex]]''': Complex systems are dynamic, constantly changing, and interact with themselves and the envorinment in unexpected ways | ||
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*[[Barnacle]]s | *[[Barnacle]]s | ||
*{{br|Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies}} by the magnificent {{author|Charles Perrow}}. | *{{br|Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies}} by the magnificent {{author|Charles Perrow}}. | ||