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Systemantics – Book by John Gall
- nativeit 2y agoI stumbled over a quote related to this, and it struck a chord with me: > A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over with a working simple system. ... That was following a tangent involving the systems thinking heuristic The purpose of a system is what it does. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_what_it_does https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_wha...)
- readthenotes1 2y agoThere's also: ~Systems exist to perpetuate themselves, not to provide the service for which they were created.~ It's a fantastic book