Systems: Concepts

Boundaries — Every system is defined by where you draw its edge. Move the edge, and the system changes.
Cognitive Grammar — The structure of a language shapes the thoughts its speakers can easily think.
Ergodicity — The average across many people is not the average across one person's life.
Infinite Hotel Paradox — Hilbert's hotel: a full infinite hotel can still take more guests.
Paradigm Blindness — The paradigm you think with is the one thing it won't let you see.
Power of a Loop — A loop repeats. Repetition is how small things become big.
Predictable Surprises — Disasters we should have seen coming — and didn't act on.
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy — A prediction that causes itself to come true.
Universality — Very different systems can obey the same underlying laws.

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