Closed systems run down and get more chaotic over time. Always get better by being 'open' to outside energy and templates of better ways to function.
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I don't like closed systems.
As you deal with more and more complex systems, it becomes harder and harder to find deep and interesting properties.
No one welcomes chaos, but why crave stability and predictability?
The more chaos there is, the more science holds on to abstract systems of control, and the more chaos is engendered.
That's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle.
In life sometimes, in the universe, you have to close some doors to have others open.
Sometimes, as I feel a door or an exit point in my work is closing, I'll try to create an opening so as not to stifle the creative process, which I see as a process that's never-ending.
One argument against open systems is that they become open to everything, good and bad. Like a Richard Meier skyscraper, the anal retentive, Bauhaus elegance of the Mac does prevent the loose ends and confusion of a less sterile environment. But it also prevents fertility. Apple's development must come from within.
For something to collapse, not all systems have to shut down. In most cases, just one system is enough. For example, the human body is a system of systems. If just one system, such as the cardiovascular system, shuts down, death follows.
Either systems are in balance or they are falling apart. If people are acting in what appears to be a twisted way, I want to know the reason for that.
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