Apr
04
2007
Distributed Systems in Practice: The Human Body
Posted by Dan Creswell in Distributed Systems, TechnologyPatrick has noticed the parallels as has Werner Vogels.
There’s an awful lot of stuff to be learnt about building distributed systems from the human body including how control isn’t centralized, how reliability is achieved and how the constant replacement of cells contributes to overall health.
A couple of books worth a read:
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