Thursday, February 16, 2012

Systemantics Again

See how John Gall's humor really does turn serious?
The System Itself Tends to Grow at 5 to 6 Percent Per Annum.
And
Systems Tend To Expand To Fill the Known Universe.

3 comments:

james said...

Did he cite his source?
Parkinson's Law

Assistant Village Idiot said...

He references C. Northcote several times, all with admiration.

Texan99 said...

Things that can reproduce themselves expand to fill up available resources, and crowd out things that can't reproduce themselves, or can't do so as effectively. That's why we're here. Well, at least, that's HOW we're here.