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  • Using the wife's computer for this post... Highly complex and evolving systems can usually generate many work-arounds and alternatives to continue ... by ER 2011-10-04 05:58:33
    • Again, the key word is "decentralize." by TB 2011-10-04 07:00:19
      • True, but decentralization is a form of redundancy. It costs money to duplicate services, and there are opportunity costs, ... by ER 2011-10-04 08:59:37
        • Robustness and flexibility are only antithetical if you're talking about a centralized system. by TB 2011-10-04 09:29:01
          • I wasn't talking about businesses, I was speaking in general about the properties of large systems. The Roman Empire got ... by ER 2011-10-04 12:39:41
            • "Ayn Rand in charge?" by TB 2011-10-04 12:59:39
              • You have just won the tetrafecta. You are absolutely wrong on all 4 counts. by ER 2011-10-04 13:09:23
                • "Absolutely?" You sure? Why? by TB 2011-10-04 13:11:19
                  • Do I have to explain everything? 1)Ayn Rand/Karl Marx "in charge" are metaphors for the fact that an overly complex Roman ... by ER 2011-10-04 19:48:54
                    • The entire point of Rand's (among others) ideas was about not having someone "in charge" of everything. by TB 2011-10-04 21:41:06
                      • The entire point of this thread was about the dynamics of large systems, a topic I have great interest in ... by ER 2011-10-05 05:25:36
                        • As Perry Mason used to say, you opened the door. :) by TB 2011-10-05 08:49:13
    • Funny he didn't mention computer programs trading stock by RobVG 2011-10-03 22:15:18
      • So, does anyone else have an idea how technology could take us into WWIII? n/t by RobVG 2011-10-05 14:50:26

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