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> 53. Too much coupling. –Steven Strogatz, professor of applied mathematics, Cornell Everybody hates coupling. Also, stupidity.
by claudius 13y ago
> 53. Too much coupling. –Steven Strogatz, professor of applied mathematics, Cornell
Everybody hates coupling. Also, stupidity.
- pfarrell 13y agoHa! That one confused me. Did he mean too much coupling between our systems (knowledge, financial, etc) effectively producing monoculture suceptible to disease... Or just too much hanky-panky :).
- claudius 13y agoStrogatz is mostly known for his research in dynamical systems, where coupling leads to chaotic behaviour. (Strong) coupling also terribly annoys particle physicists when they want to describe the strong nuclear force and generally makes life bad. He was certainly referring to the first kind, a huge increase in interdependence leading to more chaotic/unpredictable and possibly more vulnerable systems, be they financial, economical, ecological or just semiconduct…orial?