Rigid Systems Vs. Fluid Systems

Systems, whether human, mechanical, or economic, vary greatly in complexity and sophistication. However, most man-made systems are quite rigid and often uncompromising in their procedures and policies.

     This rigidity is what distinguishes man-made and human systems from natural systems. Natural systems are more fluid, and as a result are more complex and adaptable. A human brain is a natural system, and it is far more complex than any artificial networked information system than any computer network or AI we have designed as a species. 

     It is much more fluid and organic than a rigid mechanical or software structure. Fluidity, like the flow of a river or the formation of a mountain range or the fluidity of a human brain may appear random in its development and processes, but fluid systems are just immensely complex. 

     Fluid systems are more adaptable and allow for greater liberty of mobility for the parts of that system and the functionality of it as a whole than rigidity could ever allow for. Humans, though our brains are fluid and adaptable, more often than not the systems we design are quite rigid and not very adaptable.

      This includes mechanical and technological systems as well as systems where human beings make up the primary parts and functions of the system. Examples of human systems include social and political institutions, militaries, agencies, governments, corporations, teams, and other human hierarchies.

    Rigidity is often a natural part of system designs from an organism in early to moderate levels of technological and social advancement that humans have been in and are currently undergoing. Fluidity in human and technological systems is more complex, and as a result more advanced. 

     Fluidity in human systems also increases liberty and efficiency because fluid systems allow for mobility. Fluid systems possibly increase efficiency and productivity because they allow for greater diversity of functions and application of skills and utilities of the parts of a system, which in a fluid system are more at liberty to apply skills and functions in broader and more diverse ways.

   Rigid systems are too confined and controlled, and this lack of fluidity within the system deprives it of liberty and mobility. This chokes progress and slows down development and in certain human systems it can lead to things like oppression and the crippling of upward mobility within the hierarchy. 

      This rigid confining of a human system drastically slows down progress and evolution and can even lead to regression and possibly a system failure. Fluid systems, if well designed and/or well applied, are far more advanced, allow for more rapid progression and evolution of the system, and allow for a greater degree of liberty and mobility within human systems. 

    In short, free and fluid human systems and societies progress far more rapidly and are far more advanced, and are all around more pleasant and rewarding to be involved in.