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> in reality, you have customers that are very upset about the sudden spike in observable defects...a bunch of bugs introduced by your refactor

That's what I meant to capture by agreeing there is overlap in terms of backwards compatibility and entangled dependencies.

The difference is entrenched social systems have greater agency that goes beyond change induced instability and into being able to actively predict and favorably mold their environment.




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