Part Count Reduction

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OSE treats part count reduction is an important design principle. Parts count reduction is used for robustification of designs. With reduced part count, a technology infrastructure - such as humanity's technosphere - becomes easier to manage. When technology is easier to manage, humans have more control over their technology. Therefore. such technology is more likely to serve its intented liberatory function, free from unintended social consequences.

Parts count reduction applies to 2 areas: unique part count and overall part count. Unique part count is important, as every new unique part is an added complexity to a build. Overall part count determines how fast something can be built. However, it is easier to do a build with 50 of the same parts as opposed to 50 of different parts - as the learning curve involved is shorter for learning 1 part than 50 parts.

Module-based design also folows the principle of part count reduction by its very nature. When modules are reused in many different builds, then overall system complexity is reduced compared to a non-modular design approach.