But there's also the quote that successful complex systems only evolve from simple systems. Steve Jobs solution was to make a simple 80% solution. And of cour

But there's also the quote that successful complex systems only evolve from simple systems. Steve Jobs solution was to make a simple 80% solution. And of course that works in the consumer market for a great many things, particularly innovative new products. However some things are irreducibly complex and still require a solution. In these cases visionaries fail us, and what we need it is practical iteration to get us a working solution. The end result is always ugly, but it works. Until we have bigger brains I don't see how we can avoid this fundamental limitation in our ability to build systems.