[backhoe]

Excellent article, with far too many good points and illustrations to summarize-- everyone should read it.

But, here's just a sample:

If you have a teenager, or if you invest in the stock market, you know very well that a complex system cannot be controlled, it can only be managed. Because responses cannot be predicted, the system can only be observed and responded to. The system may resist attempts to change its state. It may show resiliency. Or fragility. Or both.

[alwaysconservative]

Thanks for your kind words! I thought the historical perspective of the well-intentioned "do gooders" actually doing great harm was extremely instructive.