Systems tend to grow, and as they grow, they encroach.

Related:

• Systems display antics. --
  Dr. John...
• New systems create new problems. --
  Dr. John...
• Systems in general work very poorly or not at all. -
  Dr. John...
• The dossier is not the person. --
  Dr. John...
• Sometimes they just grow, and grow,
  and grow.....
• Any large system is going to be operating most of the time in failure mode.
  Dr. John...
• The total amount of energy in the universe is constant.
  The Law Conservation of Energy -- Dr. John...
• Grow or die
  ...
• It takes a long time to grow on an old friend. -
  John...