On Wednesday 25 January 2017 11:05:20 David wrote: > However it does remind us how vulnerable is the "infrastructure" of a big > city and its ongoing operation when everything is online & interconnected. > Complexity tends to be justified on the basis of efficiency, but there's a > reciprocal relationship between complexity & vulnerability.
Just cleaning up some old emails when I noticed the above. Of course I should have written "Complexity tends to be justified on the basis of efficiency, but there's a proportional relationship between complexity & vulnerability." - greater complexity usually leads to greater vulnerability, but it's not simple. David L. _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
