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Is the cosmic compulsion for disorder matched by an equally powerful compulsion for order, structure, and organization?
Mitchell Waldrop • Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos
The Science of Computing: Shaping a Discipline,
Adam Barr • The Problem With Software: Why Smart Engineers Write Bad Code (The MIT Press)
The challenge for a distributed system is to achieve this illusion of a single unified behavior in the face of so much underlying complexity.
David Brooks • This Will Make You Smarter
Mythical Man-Month, Anniversary Edition, The: Essays On Software Engineering
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Ordering matter was the sole endeavor of Life, whether it was a jumble of self-replicating molecules in the primordial ocean, or a steam-powered English mill turning weeds into clothing, or Fiona lying in her bed turning air into Fiona.
Neal Stephenson • The Diamond Age (Bantam Spectra Book)
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)
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