How to Balance a Complex System

The best way to manage a complex system is not to intervene. The fool easily tricks himself into thinking that he can rebalance a complex system with his favorite intervention. Here's some practical applications from this episode. Look at how practical this gets. Saving versus spending money. That requires balance. And we're seeing a lot of gross and rash solutions to very complex and nuanced problems, which doesn't tend to solve the problems but just multiplies them.