Systematics, Marketing, Government…
Posted in Future Shock by wayne.porter on May 10th, 2008 Thinking about online marketing, the state of our planet and the U.S. government I am reminded of some of the general rules of systematics…
- If anything can go wrong, it will. (see Murphy’s law)
- Systems in general work poorly or not at all.
- Complicated systems seldom exceed five percent efficiency.
- In complex systems, malfunction and even total non-function may not be
detectable for long periods if at all.
- A system can fail in an infinite number of ways.
- Systems tend to grow, and as they grow, they encroach.
- As systems grow in complexity, they tend to oppose their stated function.
- As systems grow in size, they tend to lose basic functions.
- The larger the system, the less the variety in the product.
- The larger the system, the narrower and more specialized the interfaces
between individual elements.
- Control of a system is exercised by the element with the greatest variety
of behavioral responses.
- Loose systems last longer and work better.
- Complex systems exhibit complex and unexpected behaviors.
- Colossal systems foster colossal errors.
- Choose your systems with care…
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