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Mitch Betts

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Life, systems and the inevitability of complexity

TAGS:complexity, simplicity
IT TOPICS:Development, Management, Software

Scientists have just concluded that evolution inevitably drives living things to become more complex.

It seems the same principle could be applied to information systems.

When I first started blogging (in 2005), I asked the question: Can we ever win the war against complexity? And I still don't have an answer. I'm beginning to have my doubts.

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