Complexity itself isn’t the issue. In nature, water cycles, nutrient systems, waste management, and scarce resource equilibrium are all achieved through organic yet almost infinitely complex systems. It is a common mistake to consider organic systems simple. They are highly complex.
They are also amazingly efficient. And that raises the real question: are our modern supply chains and production systems needlessly complex?
Answering that question requires us to ask what Is causing the complexity. In nature, complexity that results from an organism adapting to the billions of stimuli in its environment tends to be very efficient. But when a single new element is introduced that overwhelms the normal adaptation of the organism, complexity ensues that is highly inefficient.
Government mandates, therefore, create needless complexity. Sophisticated markets, a proliferation of raw material sources, and many fiercely competitive applications, do not lead to simplicity, but rather produce an organic (therefore efficient) form of complexity.
Unrelated to the point you made, the poor AC performance combined with a blown out compressor is something I’ve seen when the airflow is blocked, either on the intake (more likely) or the outflow. AC systems need the airflow to provide heat to the (cold) coil or else things get wacky. I’d check the cabin air filter, located under the passenger glove box…good luck this weekend!
You may be onto something, Page! We had similar problems with clogged cabin air filters. Given recent air quality problems and fires in the area, everyone should check their cabin air filters. Most are relatively easy to change (so I'm told).
You mentioned the difficulties (and folly) of messing with complexity in social and economic systems. I agree!
Biological systems are even more complex. As has been said before: "it's not nice to fool Mother Nature." Yet we humans have the hubris to do just that, and we all have been paying the price for decades. (For the youngsters who may not know the "Mother Nature" meme, see the 1970s-era Chiffon margarine commercials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijVijP-CDVI and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDkiq5jD5Hc.)
P.S. I'm really impressed that you work on your own cars, Brian. That takes guts and gumption, not to mention skills and a willingness to learn by experimentation. Good luck!
NOT ALL COMPLEXITY IS BAD
Complexity itself isn’t the issue. In nature, water cycles, nutrient systems, waste management, and scarce resource equilibrium are all achieved through organic yet almost infinitely complex systems. It is a common mistake to consider organic systems simple. They are highly complex.
They are also amazingly efficient. And that raises the real question: are our modern supply chains and production systems needlessly complex?
Answering that question requires us to ask what Is causing the complexity. In nature, complexity that results from an organism adapting to the billions of stimuli in its environment tends to be very efficient. But when a single new element is introduced that overwhelms the normal adaptation of the organism, complexity ensues that is highly inefficient.
Government mandates, therefore, create needless complexity. Sophisticated markets, a proliferation of raw material sources, and many fiercely competitive applications, do not lead to simplicity, but rather produce an organic (therefore efficient) form of complexity.
https://bengordoncambridgecapital1.medium.com/understanding-the-dynamics-of-modern-supply-chain-networks-fa3fa9966619
I agree, thank you for the contribution.
Unrelated to the point you made, the poor AC performance combined with a blown out compressor is something I’ve seen when the airflow is blocked, either on the intake (more likely) or the outflow. AC systems need the airflow to provide heat to the (cold) coil or else things get wacky. I’d check the cabin air filter, located under the passenger glove box…good luck this weekend!
You may be onto something, Page! We had similar problems with clogged cabin air filters. Given recent air quality problems and fires in the area, everyone should check their cabin air filters. Most are relatively easy to change (so I'm told).
You mentioned the difficulties (and folly) of messing with complexity in social and economic systems. I agree!
Biological systems are even more complex. As has been said before: "it's not nice to fool Mother Nature." Yet we humans have the hubris to do just that, and we all have been paying the price for decades. (For the youngsters who may not know the "Mother Nature" meme, see the 1970s-era Chiffon margarine commercials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijVijP-CDVI and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDkiq5jD5Hc.)
P.S. I'm really impressed that you work on your own cars, Brian. That takes guts and gumption, not to mention skills and a willingness to learn by experimentation. Good luck!