The structure of scaling [Resources]

LET'S ENVISION A DISCUSSION among engineers. We won't have to stretch our imaginations far: One engineer has proposed a new idea, and the others, typically, are finding faults with it. The engineer with the idea has rebuffed all the criticisms, until one of the critics plays her last card. "Yes-but does it scale?" she asks. There is an ensuing silence. . Systems are usually complex, nonlinear, and...