Tom Matthews

Go, Atlanta! Keep growing!

Brandon Carr

“K.I.S.S. Keep it simple, stupid. Great advice, hurts my feelings every time.”

Tanner Janesky

In “The Collapse of Complex Societies,” Joseph Tainter writes:
“When there is growth in complexity, it tends to be exponential, always increasing by some fraction of an already inflated size. Complex societies, by their very nature, tend to experience cumulative organizational problems. As systems develop more parts and more complex interactions among these parts, the potential for problems, conflicts, and incongruities develops disproportionately.”

It’s true of civilizations, too.

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