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Complex systems & second-order effects (Interview)

Jan 10, 2022

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Optimizing for the Thing That You Want to Be

02:10

Goodheart's Law

03:35

Developers on the Square Platform

03:24

Introduction

2min

How Did You Get Started With a Voice A?

3min

The Implications of Telecom Networks

5min

Goodheart's Law

4min

Optimizing for the Thing That You Want to Be

2min

Using Lines of Code as a Proximity for Productivity?

4min

Is the New Media Business Model Resulting in a Lot More News?

3min

Developers on the Square Platform

3min

The Cobra Effect

6min

10.

Scale Effect

2min

11.

Is There a Way to Scale a System?

2min

12.

What's Wrong About It?

3min

13.

The Effects of Driving on the Side of the Road

2min

14.

Fire Hydrant - The Reliability Platform for Every Developer

3min

15.

Garment, the GPS Maker, Had an Unintended Consecration

5min

16.

Is It a Good Test, First of All?

2min

17.

How to Make Human Driving More Dangerous Than It Is to Day

3min

18.

The Outliers Write Those Black Swan Events

3min

19.

I Think Tessla Has the Most Scale Out There, Right?

6min

20.

The Importance of a Smart Phone

3min

21.

Is Air Gap the Way to Go?

3min

22.

We'll Talk T Again Next Time

2min

Paul Orlando joins Jerod to talk through some unintended consequences that occur when systems operate at scale. We discuss Goodhart’s Law, The Cobra Effect, how to design incentive systems, dependency management decisions, the risks of autonomous vehicles, and much more along the way.

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