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within a regulation can, so that most taxpayers revert to clandestine dumping along the highway, this exemplifies thePrinciple of Le Chatelier (The System Tends To Oppose Its Own Proper Function), a basic law of very general application. These and other basic laws of Systems function are the subject of subsequent Chapters of this book. In most towns of small-to-medium size, a garbage-collecting System qualifies as a small-to-medium sized System, and Systems of such size often do accomplish a measurable fraction of what they set out to do.Some garbage does get collected. The original problem is
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May God us keep From simple vision and Newton’s sleep. —William Blake[xxvii]
THE SYSTEM ITSELF DOES NOT DO WHAT IT SAYS IT IS DOING
AS SYSTEMS GROW IN SIZE AND COMPLEXITY, THEY TEND TO LOSE BASIC FUNCTIONS
WHEN BIG SYSTEMS FAIL, THE FAILURE IS OFTEN BIG
IN SETTING UP A NEW SYSTEM, TREAD SOFTLY. YOU MAY BE DISTURBING ANOTHER SYSTEM THAT IS ACTUALLY WORKING
IF YOU’RE NOT AWARE THAT YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, HOW CAN YOU CALL FOR HELP?
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BAD DESIGN CAN RARELY BE OVERCOME BY MORE DESIGN, WHETHER GOOD OR BAD
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PLAN TO SCRAP THE FIRST SYSTEM: YOU WILL ANYWAY
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A System Is No Better Than Its Sensory Organs.
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A SYSTEM THAT IGNORES FEEDBACK HAS ALREADY BEGUN THE PROCESS OF TERMINAL INSTABILITY
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A COMPLEX SYSTEM THAT WORKS IS INVARIABLY FOUND TO HAVE EVOLVED FROM A SIMPLE SYSTEM THAT WORKED.
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A COMPLEX SYSTEM DESIGNED FROM SCRATCH NEVER WORKS AND CANNOT BE MADE TO WORK. YOU HAVE TO START OVER, BEGINNING WITH A WORKING SIMPLE SYSTEM.
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BAD DESIGN CAN RARELY BE OVERCOME BY MORE DESIGN, WHETHER GOOD OR BAD.
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December 20,two years ago. Before handing it to you,
