In general, it is not always obvious how we should distinguish priceless, irreplaceable info-diversity from pointless blind alleys for which the best requiem is a chorus of "good riddance".(lingua franca)

the idea to apply w.brian arthur's work to the to the "marketplace" of software architecture is an interesting one

W. Brian Arthur is a mathematician, engineer, economist, and complexity theorist who might be called "the man who brought chaos to the marketplace". Arthur is best know for his work on role of positive feedback, or increasing returns [Arthur 1992] on economic competition.

thanks to brian foote i will remember that the 'lorenz butterfly effect' means the

famous notion that a butterfly flapping its wings in China might change the weather in Monticello, Illinois a month later