Why do humans get more and more?Things will become more and more complicated, originated from a systemic feature

Hello everyone, today we continue to share the book "The Beauty of the System" and continue to introduce a system of 12 leverage. Today we introduce two: system rules and self -organization. Today's content is a bit long, but it is very valuable, especially the latter one.

First of all, we introduce the system rules. We often say that there is no rules and no square. Each system has certain rules, or the rules that cannot be changed in congenital, or the rules set by artificially. Rules. A country has constitutions and various laws, a enterprise has rules and regulations, an ecosystem is subject to natural laws, a physical system is limited by the law of physics, football games have their own rules, and basketball games also have their own rules.

One system consists of three elements: elements, connections, and goals. These three elements may be explicit, but the rules of the system are often hidden. There are various relationships in a family: brothers, father and son, husband and wife relationship, but it is often the family ethics rules that maintain a family system, the father has the responsibility and obligation of the father, the children's responsibilities and obligations These have hidden society and family ethics rules as constraints.

To understand the operation of a system, in addition to understanding the system elements, connections and purposes, familiarity with the rules is crucial, just like a newcomer to a new company, in addition to understanding the relationship and division of labor between colleagues and colleagues, as well as enterprises, as well as enterprises In addition to the development strategy, you also need to understand some of the hidden rules of this system, such as the principles of doing things, docking processes, communication methods, and so on. If a newcomer does not understand these rules, it is easy to say something wrong and do wrong, and offenders do not know.

Therefore, to adjust a system, rules are also an important leverage point. Imagine if a family changes ethical rules and a country changes the legal system, it will have a great impact. For an enterprise, if the rules of performance assessment have been changed, the rules of promotion and salary increase, and even the process and specifications of the meeting are only changed, it has a great impact on a company.

Therefore, the author reminds us that if you want to understand the most profound reasons for system functional disorders, then pay special attention to these rules and who has the power to control and change the rules. The rules of a system often largely determine the strength of the connection between a system element, and the delay time and feedback efficiency between the feedback circuit. In short, the rules are a high leverage of the system.

Next, let's introduce the next system leverage point: self -organization, it is the power of increased, changed or evolved in the system structure. If the rules of the system can still be changed, and the power of a system self -organized is often unchanged and spontaneous.

The so -called self -organization is the ability to form a certain structure or function in accordance with certain rules. Organic systems and social systems usually have such capabilities, which is a self -evolution and self -transformation ability. A seed is buried in the soil, and it will take root and bud, and open the branches to become a towering tree. The structure of the seed and the structure of the big tree is very different. A group of ants are together and without any external intervention, they will gradually evolve the super -organized and coordinated capabilities themselves. These are the results of self -organization.

Of course, a person can also transform from a ignorant teenager to a clever and intelligent person by constantly reflecting and learning. In terms of larger scale, the progress of human beings is also the result of self -organizing. From agricultural society to industrial society, to information society, human society is constantly improving. The author said that in biological systems, this ability is called evolution; in human society and economic fields, it is called technological progress or social revolution.

In terms of performance, self -organizational ability will show the adaptability of the system. We bite our lips or falling their legs and feet, and the wound will slowly heal. This is the result of the self -organizing ability of the body, which enhances a person's survivability. The human immune system has the ability to respond to various damage that has not been encountered before. The human brain can capture new information, and suddenly some new ideas come up. This is why.

From a larger scale, nature is a magical system, because it has super self -organizing ability. There have been billions of years in nature, with millions of species and countless creatures, but they can be unusual between them, and the species can continue to evolve new capabilities. At the same time, nature can also deal with countless challenges, and racial extinction is happening every day here.

Nature has even encountered countless extreme disasters, encountered countless meteorites, and even the impact of small asteroids. The huge black swan incident often staged here, but it can still be safe and continued to renew. Nature has no brain, no language, no words, can't think, and no so -called wisdom. How does it do? Self -organizing ability is a mysterious weapon of nature. This self -organizational ability has two important prerequisites: diversity and redundancy.

First, the diversity of nature. If there is only one species on the earth, or a very small number of species, then the earth may have been deserted and unpretentious. But this is not the case. It is precisely because of nature's numerous species, which is as small as bacteria and large to whales. It has rich diversity in species. Species are destroyed, but the overall nature of nature is still intact. Of course, the diversity of nature not only exists in the number of species, but also at the genetic level. Studies have found that the genetic code carried by biological DNA is the basis of all biological evolution. It is only composed of 4 different letters, and each three letters are combined into different words. This model and its replication and reorganization rules have not changed for some species for 3 billion years, and in this long evolution process, unimaginable self -evolving bio -variants have emerged. The author said that for biological evolution, raw materials are DNA and gene mutations are one of the sources of diversity. The test mechanism is environmental change and survival of the fittest.

Secondly, redundant, redundancy is not redundant, redundant is worthless, and redundancy is very valuable. On the one hand, redundancy can cope with unknown uncertainty and risks, and on the other hand, redundancy can give the system the ability to continuously try and error. Nature does not pursue minimalism or sorrow. There are many places in nature in nature, not "customized on demand". For example, humans have two kidneys, and many organs have additional capacity, such as lung, nervous system, arterial mechanism, etc. They all have redundant parts.

In the cold winter, we will eat more high -calorie foods to allow the body to hoard more fat, which is a redundant. In a ant ethnic group, there will be some ants who seem to be doing nothing and have no practical use of the team. However, the study found that it is these idle ants that the ant ethnic group shows stronger survivability because these ants will explore unknown unknown Although most of the food sources and habitats have failed, it is precisely because of their existence that the ant ethnic group can constantly find new food sources and safer residences, which improves the survivability of the entire ethnic group.

Of course, the diversity and redundancy of nature also gives us a lot of inspiration. To keep ourselves grow, we must not occupy our time, and it is necessary to maintain a moderate time and energy redundancy. Similarly, in order to improve survivability and adaptability, it is also important to maintain the diversity of work skills, lifestyle, interpersonal relationships and thinking methods. If Liu Cixin does not write novels while working, he may always be an unknown small staff.

A person, an enterprise, and the long -term competitiveness of a society and the country must fundamentally improve our adaptability, and the adaptability can allow us to cross the industry cycle and cross the different stages of life. To maintain adaptability, diversity and redundancy are the two magic weapons of nature to teach us.

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