Buying a house offers a great insight into how complex human systems evolve toward greater complexity over time. I closed on the new place yesterday and the grand total of people involved in the process was fourteen. Person number fourteen turned up yesterday representing the seller. She was nice, like everyone else involved in this process, but what she actually contributed is a mystery to me.
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