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* [The Dead Sea Effect](#the-dead-sea-effect)
* [The Dilbert Principle](#the-dilbert-principle)
* [The Pareto Principle (The 80/20 Rule)](#the-pareto-principle-the-8020-rule)
* [The Shirky Principle](#the-shirky-principle)
* [The Peter Principle](#the-peter-principle)
* [The Robustness Principle (Postel's Law)](#the-robustness-principle-postels-law)
* [SOLID](#solid)
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[The Shirky Principle explained](https://kk.org/thetechnium/the-shirky-prin/)
> “Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution.”
> Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution.
>
> _Clay Shirky_
Complex solutions -- a company, an industry, or a technology -- can become so dedicated to the problem they are the solution to, that often they inadvertently perpetuate the problem. Established industries like to focus on established problems; many problems are marginal at first, and therefore ignored.
The Shirky Principle suggests that complex solutions - a company, an industry, or a technology - can become so focused on the problem that they are solving, that they can inadvertently perpetuate the problem itself. This may be deliberate (a company striving to find new nuances to a problem which justify continued development of a solution), or inadvertent (being unable or unwilling to accept or build a solution which solves the problem completely or obviates it).
Related to:
- Upton Sinclair's famous line, _"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!"_
- Clay Christensen's _The Innovator’s Dilemma_
- Clay Christensen's _The Innovator's Dilemma_
See also:
- [Pareto Principle](#the-pareto-principle)
### The Peter Principle
[The Peter Principle on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle)