Inefficiencies are necessary for resilience
Results suggest that when agents are dealing with a complex problem, the more efficient the network at disseminating information, the better the short-run but the lower the long-run performance of the system. The dynamic underlying this result is that an inefficient network maintains diversity in the system and is thus better for exploration than an efficient network, supporting a more thorough search for solutions in the long run.
- David Lazer, Allan Friedman
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Systems that eliminate failure, eliminate innovation
Natural systems are highly effective but inefficient due to their massive redundancy
Social influence dilutes the wisdom of crowds effect
(Source: iris.lib.neu.edu)
