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← Making a change within a complex system tends to produce unforeseen and unintended consequences.

17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 3 Mar 2017 to 22 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under infrastructure infrastructure Everything filed under climate change climate change Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under optimism optimism Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Everything filed under ambition ambition Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Making a change within a complex system tends to produce unforeseen and unintended consequences. Making a change within a complex systemtends to produce unforeseen and unintendedconsequences. Last stated 4 years ago 30 May 2022 SC Steve Coast — holds since 2022-05-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Physical systems change abruptly past a threshold rather than declining gradually — tap to centre the map on it Physical systems change abruptlypast a threshold rather thandeclining gradually Last stated 2 months ago 25 Aug 2026 BM Bill McKibben — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Mapping out exactly what will happen in uncertain times probably locks you out of trying new things; leaders should frame the chaos so it feels safe to engage with. — tap to centre the map on it Mapping out exactly what will happenin uncertain times probably locksyou out of trying new things;leaders should frame the chaos so itfeels safe to engage with. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Sept 2026 AV Ami Vora — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Disease will never be finished, because the body is a dynamic system: fix one thing and the next appears. — tap to centre the map on it Disease will never be finished,because the body is a dynamicsystem: fix one thing and the nextappears. Last stated 5 months ago 10 Jun 2026 MZ Mark Zuckerberg — holds since 2026-06-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Change from already-capable AI is inevitable no matter how the frontier is paced, though it will be uneven and not all at once. — tap to centre the map on it Change from already-capable AI isinevitable no matter how thefrontier is paced, though it will beuneven and not all at once. Last stated 2 months ago 18 Sept 2026 EM Ethan Mollick — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Changing people's habits and behaviour is much harder than technologists realise. — tap to centre the map on it Changing people's habits andbehaviour is much harder thantechnologists realise. Last stated 2 months ago 23 Aug 2026 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: The Net may not produce a more complex vision of reality, because what becomes too easy becomes sloppy — tap to centre the map on it The Net may not produce a morecomplex vision of reality, becausewhat becomes too easy becomes sloppy MC Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi — holds since c. 1996 — tap for who they are Same subject: Small changes only compound when they are oriented toward a larger outcome; otherwise they evaporate rather than accumulate. — tap to centre the map on it Small changes only compound whenthey are oriented toward a largeroutcome; otherwise they evaporaterather than accumulate. Last stated 10 months ago 1 Jan 2026 JC James Clear — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Change is the process by which the future invades our lives — tap to centre the map on it Change is the process by which thefuture invades our lives AT Alvin Toffler — holds since c. 1970 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Food from thin air" is not from thin air: it runs on water, minerals, ammonia and industrial plant. — tap to centre the map on it "Food from thin air" is not fromthin air: it runs on water,minerals, ammonia and industrialplant. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 CS Chris Smaje — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot. — tap to centre the map on it A city's first rail line comes in ata reasonable cost and every lineafter it does not, because thefollow-up outgrows the in-house teamthat oversaw the pilot. Last stated 2 years ago 7 Dec 2024 AL Alon Levy — holds since 2024-12-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A future where Facebook is the global social infrastructure is a future with no refuge from advertising and number crunching. — tap to centre the map on it A future where Facebook is theglobal social infrastructure is afuture with no refuge fromadvertising and number crunching. Last stated 10 years ago 3 Mar 2017 ER Eugen Rochko — holds since 2017-03-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A maritime chokepoint crisis permanently redirects long-term pipeline and terminal investment, not just short-term oil prices. — tap to centre the map on it A maritime chokepoint crisispermanently redirects long-termpipeline and terminal investment,not just short-term oil prices. Last stated 2 months ago 18 Sept 2026 BD Brad DeLong — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A wealthy society cannot exist with a weak electrical grid. — tap to centre the map on it A wealthy society cannot exist witha weak electrical grid. Last stated 5 years ago 18 May 2021 MS Michael Shellenberger — holds since 2021-05-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI data centres are hastening climate change. — tap to centre the map on it AI data centres are hasteningclimate change. Last stated 2 weeks ago 22 Oct 2026 RR Robert Reich — holds since 2026-10-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI workloads are best served by clouds that bundle power, data center infrastructure and GPUs and strip out unnecessary software layers. — tap to centre the map on it AI workloads are best served byclouds that bundle power, datacenter infrastructure and GPUs andstrip out unnecessary softwarelayers. Last stated 2 months ago 8 Sept 2026 CP Chamath Palihapitiya — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Leaving the cloud for owned hardware cut 37signals' annual infrastructure bill from $3.2M to $1.3M without growing the operations team. — tap to centre the map on it Leaving the cloud for owned hardwarecut 37signals' annual infrastructurebill from $3.2M to $1.3M withoutgrowing the operations team. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Oct 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Shared cloud infrastructure makes it hard to get stable, reproducible performance-testing conditions. — tap to centre the map on it Shared cloud infrastructure makes ithard to get stable, reproducibleperformance-testing conditions. Last stated 3 months ago 14 Aug 2026 DS Daniel Stenberg — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are
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