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But in fact, when you try to model that on a computer you find that because of the very structure of matter and of the chemical bonds that are the basis of every organism, evolution is not random at all. It will tend to follow certain paths. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#because #bonds #certain #chemical #computer

Changing things from the top down works when things are stable. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#down #stable #things #top #works

Complexity that works is built up out of modules that work perfectly, layered one over the other. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#complexity #layered #modules #other #out

Each organism's environment, for the most part, consists of other organisms. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#each #environment #most #organism #organisms

Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#change #each #environment #system #trying

Managers tend to treat organizations as if they are infinitely plastic. They hire and fire, merge, downsize, terminate programs, add capacities. But there are limits to the shifts that organizations can absorb. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#add #capacities #downsize #fire #hire

Managing bottom-up change is its own art. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#bottom-up #change #managing #own

Much of outcomes research is a systematic attempt to exploit what is known and make it better. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#better #exploit #known #make #much

One of the functions of an organization, of any organism, is to anticipate the future, so that those relationships can persist over time. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#any #functions #future #organism #organization

Organizations get invested into a particular product. And sometimes the best thing is to stop making that product, even though it's profitable, because it has optimized at a local peak. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#best #even #get #into #invested