It is also more resilient to have system wide slacks. This is what I wrote in an earlier HN thread I feel that a 100% efficient system is not resilient. Even m

It is also more resilient to have system wide slacks. This is what I wrote in an earlier HN thread I feel that a 100% efficient system is not resilient. Even minor disruptions in subsystems lead to major breakdowns. There’s no room to absorb shocks. We saw a drastic version of this during COVID-19 induced supply chain collapse. Car manufacturers had built near 100% just in time manufacturing that they couldn’t absorb chip shortages and it took them years to get back up. It also leaves no room for experimentation. Whatever experiment can only happen outside a system not from within it.