Complex systems are sometimes complex only because the cost of caring about them enough to figure them out is too high. Even people capable of nerding out over almost anything can’t find a rewarding pathway to caring. There is no learning curve that’s satisfying to climb.
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By the law of variation and nerdtular selection, such systems will only grow uglier and less comprehensible over time. If you want to keep a system comprehensible and explainable as it evolves, maybe make it nerd-outable early on. Of course you usually want the opposite.
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Being unseen like a state. So ugly nobody wants to look at it. Fully illegible.
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A complex system can only be properly nerdified when it stops evolving fast. It’s a sort of live embalming process. Or living taxidermy.
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There are some working at
@choiceaustralia and I assume places like@ConsumerReports and@WhichUK tooThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Former health actuary here. I think this is weirdly more common than you say, but in some domains it becomes hidden. Lots of deep healthcare system nerds, but the culture of their domains is not to geek out in public like other areas.
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Another good example of nerdgramming is the flight hacker community. They call it "the hobby" and even have conferences.
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A model hospital (simulating queueing with admissions and discharged, agenticly) was one of my comp questions. Everyone thought it was boring...
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