[dirkt]

> is there something intrinsic to complex systems and the need for a reset?

As the number of possible states of the system explodes, and as you layer levels of abstraction onto each other, the probability that you somehow reach a state the designers didn't think about increases. Then you need to reset.

Add to that limited bits for representation of numbers, and people not thinking about what do to when one overflows (because this is really really hard in many cases), and you get to "better reset it every n days" scenario.

> Any interesting writings on the subject?

None that I know of.