- Bottlenecks are the small kinks where systems break down, where flow stagnates. Every complex system has breakpoints or weak links.
- We have all experienced the dread of bumper-to-bumper traffic on a congested highway. Our logical intuition might suggest that to reduce congestion, we should build bigger highways: the more lanes, the higher throughput of vehicles.
- Bottleneck Theory prioritises identifying locations where flow stagnates, seeking small, targeted interventions that can have the most significant leverage impact across a system.
Bottlenecks in action
- todo Climate change
- Semiconductors
- Wealth distribution