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second-system effect

tendency of small, elegant systems to be succeeded by bloated systems
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second-system effect

Summary

second-system effect ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (129 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • second-system effect's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07813[2].
  • second-system effect's has cause is recorded as diminishing returns[3].
  • second-system effect's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778815763[4].
  • second-system effect's FOLDOC ID is recorded as Second-system+effect[5].

Why It Matters

second-system effect ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (129 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . fs.blog. fs.blog. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). second-system effect. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/second-system-effect
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_second-system-effect_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{second-system effect}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/second-system-effect}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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