Complexity has a cost in physical energy, administrative friction and other forms. At first, increases in complexity seem affordable and even useful. Eventually, however, a law of diminishing marginal returns on complexity sets in, and the costs, while difficult to see, become harder to bear. If such a complex society is then buffeted by external or internal shocks, it can collapse. The shocks have typically included droughts, famines, plagues, migrations, rebellions, civil wars and invasions
NEW CUMBERLAND In an effort to ensure every registered voter in Hancock County can cast their ballots without difficulty, the Hancock County Commission, Thu
NEW CUMBERLAND In an effort to ensure every registered voter in Hancock County can cast their ballots without difficulty, the Hancock County Commission, Thu