tend to produce complex responses (not solutions) to problems. Great advances are not produced by systems designed to produce great advances. Other laws of systemantics As systems grow in size, they tend to lose basic functions. The larger the system, the less the variety in the product. Control of a system is exercised by the element with the greatest variety of behavioral responses. Colossal systems foster colossal errors. Choose your systems with care. References Sources Gall, John. The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small (Third Edition of SYSTEMANTICS), General Systemantics Press/Liberty, 2003. . Gall, John. SYSTEMANTICS: The Underground Text of Systems Lore. How Systems Really Work and How They Fail (Second Edition), General Systemantics Press, 1986. . Gall, John. SYSTEMANTICS: How Systems Really Work and How They Fail (First Edition), Pocket, 1978. . External links Bart Stewart's Explanation of Systemantics Commentary on the principles of "Systemantics", by Anthony Judge c2 wiki entry on Systemantics 1977 non-fiction books Systems theory books