<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Distributed systems become resilient when no... > Distributed systems become resilient when no single participant owns every relationship, skill, or route to the public. Multiple capable nodes allow the network to keep learning and serving when one platform changes, one leader leaves, or one project fails. Redundancy is not waste when it protects the commons. **Source:** [[livestreams/Shared Effort and the Architecture of Opportunity - Workbook|Shared Effort and the Architecture of Opportunity]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Distributed systems become resilient when no single participant owns every relationship, skill, or route to the public. Multiple capable nodes allow the network to keep learning and serving when one platform changes, one leader leaves, or one project fails. Redundancy is not waste when it protects the commons.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-distributed-systems-become-waste-protects-commons ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->