Note: I found this on Erik’s computer after his passing. I wanted to share it with you.
Increasing complexity in the evolution of technologies possesses an inherent instability related to compatibility,
internal errors in coding, … Creates a ‘card-castle’ that heads towards greater degrees of failure, ultimately
leading towards a catastrophic collapse of function due to interdependence of subassemblies, subroutines, or
components. Require a pause in generation of new complexity and a period to remove bugs, simplify with
same functionality, create redundancy, improve reliability)