John Gall Quote

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. The inverse proposition also appears to be true: A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be made to work. You have to start over, beginning with a working simple system.

p. 71. This statement is known as Gall's law - General systemantics, an essay on how systems work, and especially how they fail..., 1975

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. The inverse proposition also appears to be true: A...

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. The inverse proposition also appears to be true: A...

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. The inverse proposition also appears to be true: A...

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. The inverse proposition also appears to be true: A...