That's part of the section about "Control" from a "Changing the way we think about quality" presentation I did earlier this year.
It's yet another attempt to explain the law of requisite variety. I hope it has some value outside the context of the presentation of which it was part.
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Ashby's law in the first hour of the day
1. Ashby's Law in
the first hour of
the day
That's part of the section about
"Control" from a "Changing the
way we think about quality"
presentation I did earlier this year.
It's yet another attempt to explain
the law of requisite variety.
Ivo Velitchkov, March 2013
15. I can better control
the impact of the
weather changes on
me today if I put
more layers on..
16. Clay tablets are pretty old.
You can write (well, only once)
and read on them. It's only
that they have much lower
variety than the one in my
hands…
17.
18. It controls the
traffic with 3 or 4
signals, but it has a
variety of 8, so there is
a redundant variety…
19. When the variety of
the traffic cannot be
absorbed by the road
network, it is absorbed
by a traffic jam…
20.
21.
22. Have you heard we
have a new
competitor?
Yes, and I wonder what is best
to do: increase our product
range to cover what they have
or merge with it to increase our
capabilities and have one
competitor less?