26 Dec
2022
26 Dec
'22
9:10 a.m.
On 12/26/22, Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many <gmkarl@gmail.com> wrote: > Ideas Regarding Disruption > > When all your dependencies fail, all your systems crash, and nobody > you don't phyiscally connect with answers your calls: > > In a healthy situation, we work together to build things like > software, and can rely on the parts to be maintained. When that isn't > the case, one could cast it as analogous to a disease. > > In the human body, when a virus starts taking over all our cells and > turning us against our own being, there are a few rules of thumb the > system seems to have developed: > - the whole system makes it incredibly obvious that something is > wrong, all the time > - the individual pursues simple situations, where things are safer and > there are fewer challenges > - everybody, both the microscopic and the large, focuses on resolving > the situation > - there are two approaches: the immune system is similar to an > evolutionary algorithm; it tries many things, and rapidly adapts until > the problem is addressed. it then widely shares its specific cures, to > ensure the problem is eradicated for now. > - meanwhile human cultures engage cognitive study, and people who have > the capacity to support this work hard to do so. communication > channels are built to inform people as effectively as possible. - another thing that happens is the entire system is moved to an environment of people with experience and focus primarily for solving such problems