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the only thing that gets stronger when you add more weakness in series.
means A connected series of links, things, or events, joined so that each follows from the one before.
from From Old French 'chaeine,' descended from Latin 'catena,' meaning a chain or fetter — the same root that gives us 'concatenate' (to link together) and the prisoner's 'catenary' curve a hanging chain naturally makes. The Latin sense ran from literal iron links to the figurative bonds of slavery and obligation, and English inherited both: the metal and the metaphor.
- weakest link
- a chain fails at its single worst point, always
- ancient tech
- chainmail protected soldiers for over two thousand years
- food empires
- chain restaurants trade soul for predictable sameness
- blockchain
- links of data nobody can quietly rewrite
- bike physics
- a chain transfers nearly all your leg power forward
bitcoin blockchain — distributed ledger first implemented in 2009, contains over 800,000 blocks as of 2024
mcdonalds — fast food chain with 41,995 locations across 100+ countries as of 2023
supply chain attack solarwinds — 2020 cyberattack compromised 18,000 organizations through software update chain
chain mountain range himalayas — mountain chain spanning 1,500 miles across 5 countries including mount everest