tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47959159757800447592009-04-27T01:14:29.787-07:00Joshua Maggidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01922778308627968310jos.berkemeijer@gmail.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795915975780044759.post-89780850672541409472008-10-28T09:10:00.000-07:002008-10-28T09:15:27.856-07:00What's the difference between <em>complex </em>and <em>complicated</em>?<br /><br />Not knowing this difference means you might apply exactly the wrong approach to the right problem. (Or, if you prefer, the right approach to the wrong problem.)<p>It's a <em>simple </em>message, really. But if you don't get it, you're headed for <em>chaos</em>.</p> <p><strong>Simple </strong>= easily knowable.</p> <p><strong>Complicated </strong>= not simple, but still knowable.</p> <p><strong>Complex </strong>= not fully knowable, but reasonably predictable.</p> <p><strong>Chaotic </strong>= neither knowable nor predictable. </p><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.noop.nl/2008/08/simple-vs-complicated-vs-complex-vs-chaotic.html"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 344px;" src="http://nooperation.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54ff8b9c1883400e553fdfccb8834-400wi" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.noop.nl/2008/08/simple-vs-complicated-vs-complex-vs-chaotic.html">Source</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4795915975780044759-8978085067254140947?l=serendiped.blogspot.com'/></div>Joshua Maggidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01922778308627968310jos.berkemeijer@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795915975780044759.post-34662155906365725622008-04-27T03:55:00.001-07:002008-04-27T03:55:56.330-07:00<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulo_coelho/1264626515/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1151/1264626515_ac1abba963.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulo_coelho/1264626515/">Quotes-47</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/paulo_coelho/">Paulo Coelho</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Paulo Coelho, one of the greatest writers of our age.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4795915975780044759-3466215590636572562?l=serendiped.blogspot.com'/></div>Joshua Maggidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01922778308627968310jos.berkemeijer@gmail.com0