Maxims of reliable complex systems: "the complexity you add to a complex system to prevent failure is itself a major source of failure."
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Replying to @gwern
Are you familiar with Richard Gabriel's "Worse is Better"?
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Replying to @gwern
I saw your Bitcoin piece when you revised it. But it's relevant, don't you think? Let rough edges stick out and cope with them, rather than engineer them away.
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Replying to @anomalyuk
Not sure what you mean. It was always called 'Bitcoin is Worse is Better'. That's what sparked it, when I noted on IRC that Bitcoin was very obviously a case of worse is better and no one knew what I meant.
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Replying to @gwern
I was referring to your "complexity to prevent failure is a cause of failure" claim above -- that's an argument for worse is better, and why I brought it up before.
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