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Resilience

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

How much change can a system absorb and still remain viable and functional? 
Resilient systems have a high threshold for functioning under change.  The internet is resilient.  It was designed to conitue working during war by instantly rerouting data traffic around damage anywhere in the overall system.
The opposite of resilient is brittle.  General Motors is brittle.  It [...]

New Themes: Disposability and Resiliency

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

A couple themes have been perculating in my head over the past several months: disposability and resiliency.  While they may seem related, I don’t intend a connection–they’ve just bubbled to the surface at about the same time.  Here is the gist…
1. Designing disposable experiences may create more value than deeply transformative experiences.
2. Large systems are [...]