Greg McKeowen (who wrote [[Essentialism]]) went on [[The Tim Ferriss Show]] and referred to a lesson he pulled from a book. Societies collapse because of *complexity*. **People solve problems in a way that adds too much complexity, then have no mechanism to reduce that complexity other than failure.** A fragile society is one in which it requires all of its resources to maintain its current level of complexity. This is such a well-stated way of articulating how [[Simple is Maintainable|Complexity is the Enemy]]. It was given in the context of societal complexity, but it translates perfectly to system design. **** # More ## Source - [[The Tim Ferriss Show]] ## Related -