Sublime

One of the greatest programmers in history, who did indeed understand every component of the computer from the software down to the chip, Niklaus Wirth, wrote “the belief that complex systems require armies of designers and programmers is wrong. A system that is not understood in its entirety, or at least to a significant degree of detail

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In complexity economics, agents differ and in general lack full knowledge of each other and of the situation they are in. Fundamental uncertainty is therefore the norm; ill-defined problems are the norm; and rationality is not necessarily well defined. Agents explore and learn and adapt and open to novel behavior. Outcomes may not be in equilibrium

Brains projects usually involve highly skilled and highly paid professionals. Few procedures are routinizable: Each project is “one-off.” Accordingly, the opportunities for leveraging the top…

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Obviously Reich’s influence went way beyond just me. Alongside other authors such as Anthony Giddens[411] and Jeremy Rifkin[412], he was instrumental in crafting the message of a new generation of progressive leaders that the era of the steady, lifelong job was over. In a more global and unstable world, lifelong education was the new key to providi

Now no one in his right mind will satisfice if he can equally well optimize; no one will settle for good or better if he can have best. But that is not the way the problem usually poses itself in actual design situations.

He did know the difference between memorizing and understanding, and did not give up on a topic until he understood it clearly.

Everything had to be explored, tested, before it could be accepted or rejected.