Complex systems Quote by Tim Harford

Unfortunately, the more complex the system, the greater the room for error.

— George Soros

The way to build a complex system that works is to build it from very simple systems that work.

— Kevin Kelly

“Approach making changes to a complex system with extreme caution: what you get may be the opposite of what you expect.”

— Josh Kaufman

“profoundly complex systems”

— William Brinkley

Complex systems are hard to understand, predict and control.

— Dominic Cummings

“human beings fail the way all complex systems fail: randomly and gradually.”

— Atul Gawande

“It’s a simple complex system. That’s the technical name for it. Because it’s simple, it’s prone to cascades, and because it’s complex, you can’t…

— James S.A. Corey

“Once you master any system, you typically become blind to its flaws; even if you can see them, they appear far too complex and…

— Ed Catmull

The systems that fail are those that rely on the permanency of human nature, and not its growth and development.

— Oscar Wilde

“Analysing complexity Analysis of complex systems almost always turns on finding recurring patterns in the system’s ever-changing configurations. The game of chess provides a…

— John H. Holland

“I propose a simple account of how we generate intuitive opinions on complex matters. If a satisfactory answer to a hard question is not…

— Daniel Kahneman

“It is always easier to destroy a complex system than to selectively alter it.”

— Roby James