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       link: https://jods.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/issue3-brand/release/2

     

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       title: "Pace Layering: How Complex Systems Learn and Keep Learning"

     

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       permalink: /notes/pace-layering/

     

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       author:

     

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         - Stewart Brand

     

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         - article

     

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       > I propose six significant levels of pace and size in the working structure of a robust and adaptable civilization.  From fast to slow the levels are:

     

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       > - Fashion/art

     

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       > - Commerce

     

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       > - Infrastructure

     

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       > - Governance

     

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       > - Culture

     

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       > - Nature

     

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       ![](/assets/pace_layering.jpg)

     

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       > The idea of pace layering has a history.  The text above is a slightly edited version of a chapter in my 1999 book _The Clock of the Long Now: Time and Responsibility._

     

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