Everywhere you look in the universe, you see systems attaining greater complexity as they evolve. This is true in astrophysics. It is true of a puddle. Leave rainwater alone in a low spot and it will grow more complex. Advanced systems of every variety are complex adaptive systems without an authority in charge. Every complex system in nature, of which the market economy is the most evident social manifestation, depends upon dispersed capabilities. Systems that work most effectively under the widest range of conditions depend for their resilience upon spontaneous order that accommodates novel possibilities. Life itself is such a complex system. Billions of potential combinations of genes produce a single human individual. Sorting among them would confound any bureaucracy.
-Davidson and Rees-Mogg, The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
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