Reminds me of this quote... “A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work.”
The book is well worth reading.
Someone once described Systemantics as the book that systwm designers read under the covers at night with a torch.
When I am done, I might simply replace SOUL.md with it and move on.
(Systemantics is available for borrowing, Systems Bible is not yet, a copy has been sent for digitizing)