@joshcarpenter found this gem from Origins of Wealthhttps://twitter.com/gordonbrander/status/1183462098371670016 …
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Excellent. Tracks with notions I’ve had. A worried about. Have you read this by
@cshirky? http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2010/04/the-collapse-of-complex-business-models/ …pic.twitter.com/Yu61v7957K
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This tees up a series of "relative to what?" and "in which dimensions?" questions for me. Has any human society ever been "simple"?
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I think the key question is, Does the social structure still fit with the underlying reality? If not, you are running up a deficit.
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Yeah, pace-of-change seems key. But not sure that's enough for good fit of the theory.
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Seems pace of change can unseat checks/balances, which creates imbalances, which precipitate collapse; but so can other factors?
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AFAICT there are a number of factors that make a big difference in outcome, esp including degree of slack in the system, structure of system, how large the shock is, where the shock is, and whether system has any mechanisms to adapt.
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A lot of this in the American context seems, to me, to be a proxy for "how much weight does society fine the preferences of the wealthy?"
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