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> Complex systems become more complex over time and resist becoming simpler. One day they instantly become simple again (collapse). I bet this is true of gover
by umvi 7y ago
> Complex systems become more complex over time and resist becoming simpler. One day they instantly become simple again (collapse).
I bet this is true of governments as well, since governments are systems.
- dev_dull 7y agoThe idea is actually from Jared Diamond’s “Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed”.
- balnaphone 7y agoSee also Joseph Tainter's "The Collapse of Complex Societies" (1988). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Tainter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Tainter