"1. Human societies are problem-solving organizations.
2. Sociopolitical systems require energy for their maintenance.
3. Increased complexity carries with it increased costs per capita.
4. Investment in sociopolitical complexity as a problem-solving response reaches a point of declining marginal returns." - Joseph Tainter, The Collapse of Complex Societies
Thursday, March 10, 2011
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