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{{a|devil|{{subtable|{{complex capsule}}}}}}[[All other things being equal]], a bummer. A violation of [[Occam’s razor]]; a source of confusion, a time-sink, a material contributor to catastrophic [[normal accident]]s; a ''[[waste]]'' — yet in a [[distributed network]] of autonomous bodies, a total inevitability. The more sophisticated the group of individuals, the greater the rate of complexification. | {{a|devil|{{subtable|{{complex capsule}}}}}}[[All other things being equal]], a bummer — if you have in mind [[risk]] — and a boon — if you have in mind ''reward''. A violation of [[Occam’s razor]]; a source of confusion, a time-sink, a material contributor to catastrophic [[normal accident]]s; a ''[[waste]]'' — yet in a [[distributed network]] of autonomous bodies, a total inevitability. The more sophisticated the group of individuals, the greater the rate of complexification. | ||
====Complexity as a bummer=== | |||
*Chernobyl | |||
*Space Shuttle Challenger | |||
*Any financial calamity you care to mention | |||
===Complexity as a boon==== | |||
*T’Internet | |||
*The gradual disintermediation of [[information]] from its [[substrate]] | |||
*[[Jacquard’s loom]] | |||
===[[Complicated]] versus [[complex]]=== | ===[[Complicated]] versus [[complex]]=== | ||
Things can be merely [[complicated]] without being [[complex]]. ''Complicated'' problems are naturally difficult, but you can solve them with rules and [[algorithm]]s. The systems and processes, by which The Man commands and controls employees can manage this kind of ''complicatedness''. | Things can be merely [[complicated]] without being [[complex]]. ''Complicated'' problems are naturally difficult, but you can solve them with rules and [[algorithm]]s. The systems and processes, by which The Man commands and controls employees can manage this kind of ''complicatedness''. | ||