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That is, you ''[[iterate]]''. The decision process is not static, it is not preordained — it is an ongoing dynamic process. | That is, you ''[[iterate]]''. The decision process is not static, it is not preordained — it is an ongoing dynamic process. | ||
This principle applies whether you are solving new problems, dealing with an unexpected crisis, or building out your system — the [[end-to-end principle]] allows maximum iteration. | This principle applies whether you are solving new problems, dealing with an unexpected crisis, or building out your system — the [[end-to-end principle]] allows maximum [[iteration]]. Don’t be wedded to the way you’ve been doing things — I know, I know my little eaglets, it is so hard to let go of the comfort blanket of [[precedent]], but you must — try, and expect things to fail. Don’t commit. Scrub them out and try again. | ||
Some uncomfortable truths: | Some uncomfortable truths: | ||
*'''Successful [[iteration]] is ''hard'''''. The more practice you have at it, the better you will be. The better you understand the systems and subsystems comprising your environment, the better. [[Subject matter expert|Expertise]], skill and experience matter. Your itinerant [[school-leaver from Bucharest]] might be cheap and fungible, but she won't be good at [[iterating]]. Though she will get better. | *'''Successful [[iteration]] is ''hard'''''. The more practice you have at it, the better you will be. The better you understand the systems and subsystems comprising your environment, the better. [[Subject matter expert|Expertise]], skill and experience matter. Your itinerant [[school-leaver from Bucharest]] might be cheap and fungible, but she won't be good at [[iterating]]. Though she will get better. | ||
*Iterating won’t always work. The thing about [[tail event]]s is | *'''Iterating won’t always work'''. The thing about [[tail event]]s is they’re hard to predict. On the other hand, an [[iterative]] process will almost certainly be more effective than a [[chatbot]]. And trying something that doesn’t work still yields you information: it is a [[falsification]]: now know that that isn’t the answer. You needn’t fret about what might have been. | ||
===Other articulations=== | ===Other articulations=== | ||
* | *Think of the world in terms of [[System analysis|systems]], not units — {{author Donella H. Meadows}} | ||
*[[Prisoner’s dilemma]] — the payoffs are totally different if you play an indefinite-round game of prisoner’s dilemma (hence the so-called “[[iterated prisoner’s dilemma]] | *[[Prisoner’s dilemma]] — the payoffs are totally different if you play an indefinite-round game of prisoner’s dilemma (hence the so-called “[[iterated prisoner’s dilemma]] | ||
{{sa}} | {{sa}} | ||
*[[End-to-end principle]] | *[[End-to-end principle]] | ||
*[[Doubt]] | *[[Doubt]] | ||