<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Large systems behave like long-lived organisms... > Large systems behave like long-lived organisms because they store memory in rules, records, roles, infrastructure, and procedure. A person enters midway through a process that may have been learning, accumulating advantage, and protecting continuity for generations. Understanding that stored intelligence allows the individual to participate with less innocence and more competence. **Source:** [[livestreams/Returning to Your Power — Part One — Systems, Fear, and the Creator Within - Workbook|Returning to Your Power — Part One — Systems, Fear, and the Creator Within]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Large systems behave like long-lived organisms because they store memory in rules, records, roles, infrastructure, and procedure. A person enters midway through a process that may have been learning, accumulating advantage, and protecting continuity for generations. Understanding that stored intelligence allows the individual to participate with less innocence and more competence.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-large-systems-behave-less-innocence-competence ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->