1. Every paper cut is felt

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    My point here is that in a design system every paper cut is felt. Every collapse leads to another, every new modal or unnecessary checkbox component hinders the collective refactoring that’s required to make a codebase consistent and easy to understand. When it comes to hyperobjects and design systems everything matters (although, frustratingly, it is impossible to measure success) and the smallest problem is just a signal in the dark—a premonition of a monster; organizational dysfunction writ large.

    In this essay, Rendle introduces the concept of a hyperobject – "…a thing that surrounds us, envelops and entangles us, but that is literally too big to see in its entirety."

    Design systems are a kind of hyperobject.