Roberto Rodes

Function and Scale.



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Photo by Joe Norman in his April 2021 Applied Complexity Science newsletter.

A great explanation by Joe Norman in his April 2021 Applied Complexity Science newsletter on the relationship between systems scale and their revealed function.

The problem of scale, especially when reached too fast, is what, in the context of creation and entrepreneurship, we at Freegrowth have been trying to articulate for a long time:

Hyper-growth in business and products can lead them to realize the opposite function than the one initially intended and cause harmful effects for the environment they operate in, including their creators and everyone around.

If you’re dreaming of growing a lot and doing it fast, think about that first. Maybe that’s the perfect recipe to end up in a place you don’t want to be.

Here is an article we wrote in 2020 where we already talked about that.

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Product guy, software designer & engineer. Founder of Freegrowth. I love to solve problems and to improve things through technology.
Ex-CTO at Facephi, founder of Deebbler and Wakeando, I've been over ten years designing, building, and marketing native and web software products.

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