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Starting to notice the sheer number of things that can’t be disassembled without breaking. Is there a design term for this?
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Criticality in engineering and systems refers to the level of irreversible, complete failure as a result of initial failure. Tightly coupled refers to level at which you can’t untangle dependencies and relationships without great cost The things need to change/consume together
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Tapping into this. Wouldn't you say that products evolving into tightly-coupled systems is reminiscent of the evolution of biological forms? You can't dissassemble a cat 😂 I think there's a similar selection pressure driving the evolution of synthetic/man-made forms.
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