The importance of trial and error in creating complex things

[Bruce Wayne]

http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_harford.html

"Economics writer Tim Harford studies complex systems -- and finds a surprising link among the successful ones: they were built through trial and error. In this sparkling talk from TEDGlobal 2011, he asks us to embrace our randomness and start making better mistakes."

 

[sirblue57]

look at the mess within society, phone hacking media, police corruption,MPs expenses scandal. theres enough errors thanks.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

That was a mere 5 minutes after my post, nowhere near enough time to watch the video

 

[Bruce Wayne]

There are some nice stats in there from Erik Beinhocker. This is well worth a read if you fancy it http://www.amazon.com/Origin-Wealth-Evolution-Complexity-Economics/dp/157851777X

 

[sirblue57]

sorry, i'm watching parliment, and just think how stupid we are to bother voting for those absolute whoppers. iv seen more intelligent bowel movements.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Watch TED instead. Much better than tv.

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

I thought we had to be accountable for ourselves ? and any mistakes or bad choices we may have made in life.

fell by the wayside ? then head here