Gregory's ServerGrowth is sluggish,
but ruin is rapid.
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 @neauoire The way I think of it, ruin is an accumulation of complications, hindrances, wounds, driving a system toward quiescence. The seeds of ruin are planted slowly, and fruit suddenly.  @neauoire Ah, okay. I thought you came up with that one off the dome since there was no quotations. I would add that the farther away from ecological equilibrium an entity goes the more energy it takes to maintain. Human empires are deeply unbalanced organizations. @dualhammers azolla event type stuff. The quote is usually associated with the Senneca curve that looks like: https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/collapse.html @neauoire This all seems right. Collapse is part of the great sine wave, continuing until the heat death of the universe |
@neauoire and rapid growth often leads to ruin