Rome didn't fall to invaders. It fell to its own fixes. Diocletian doubled the army and bureaucracy to save the empire — and sealed its collapse. This episode traces diminishing returns from Rome to modern software, with a 2019 brain study on why simplification, not addition, is nature's real survival strategy. 🎧 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/episodes/19506038 📖 https://helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/diocletians-ladder 📻 https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/627187-diocletian-s-ladder #complexsocieties #josephtainter #systemscience #collapse #neuroscience #history #podcast #bureaucracy