Chapter 10
The Barrel
The shortest stave decides how much the barrel holds.
The questionWhich stave have you been raising, and which one actually limits you?
A system’s capacity is not the sum of local capacities; it is set by the element with the least capacity for flow.
The scene this idea comes from publishes here later this summer.
You do not have to wait for it. Chapter 10 of the book, the one where the whole logic becomes visible, is ready to read now.
I will ask you one question back: which sentence in it describes something you are living through right now?