Complexity isn't new!


Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Der Ring des Nibelungen
A 4 opera cycle.

Written between 1848 and 1876
The librettos were written backwards


Opera   Score Size
in pages 		Performance Length
in hours
Das Rheingold Establishes the situation 319 2 hours 30 min
Die Walküre Develops the characters 710 3 hours 50 min
Siegfried Grants fulfillment 440 4 hours
Götterdämmerung Reaps the consequences 614 4 hours 25 min

Things start modestly,       grow,       expand,       and resolve!

.......and what does this have to do with the Internet?