Papers in Systems Discussion Series: Systems Design Explains the World

If you're intrigued by this quote, there's more!

"...but I guess I still haven't answered the question. What is systems design? It's the thing that will eventually kill your project if you do it wrong, but probably not right away. It's macroeconomics instead of microeconomics. It's fixing which promotion ladders your company even has, rather than trying to climb the ladders. It's knowing when a distributed system is or isn't appropriate, not just knowing how to build one. It's repairing the incentives in a political system, not just getting elected and passing your favourite laws.

Most of all, systems design is invisible to people who don't know how to look for it."

Our First Mondays: Papers in Systems discussion series will continue with discussion of Systems Design Explains the World by Avery Pennarun.

When: April 3rd, 2023, 1PM - 2PM Eastern Time (US/Canada). The Zoom room will remain open until 2:30PM for informal discussion. Check time in your time zone. (If you "view ticket" once you enter details, it will give you the option to save the event to your calendar.)

The paper is available at: https://apenwarr.ca/log/20201227