202401291411 Thinking in Systems
#structure #source #wip #newChapter 1 - The Basics
- 202401291425 Definition of system
- 202401291441 Systems thinking benefits all thought
- 202401291458 The purpose of the parts may not be the purpose of the whole
- 202401291554 All systems thinking is a simplification
- 202308281423 Ship of Theseus
- 202205021252 Stock and flow
- 202110231515 Feedback loop
Chapter 2 - A Brief Visit to the Systems Zoo
- One Stock Systems
- 202402171439 One stock with two competing balancing loops
- 202402171455 Feedback can only affect future behavior
- 202402171507 A stock with one reinforcing loop and one balancing loop
- 202402171512 The principle of shifting dominance
- 202402171520 Ask questions to assess the validity of a model
- 202402241530 One stock with delays
- Two Stock Systems
Chapter 3 - Why Systems Work So Well
- 202402201202 Resilient systems
- 202402241658 Stability and resilience are not the same thing
- 202402201203 Self-organizing systems
- 202402201204 Resilient, self-organizing systems will generate hierarchies
Chapter 4 - Why Systems Surprise Us
- 202402201526 Everything we think we know about reality is a model
- 202402241821 Reality is often nonlinear
- 202402241823 Boundaries don't exist in the real world
- 202402251159 Limiting factor
- 202402251202 Limiting factors can change
- 202402251224 Delays are ubiquitous
- 202402251232 Reality has bounded rationality
Chapter 5 - System Traps... and Opportunities
- 202402251430 Problem-generating systems have to be restructured to be fixed
- 202402251434 Policy-resistant systems
- 202402251449 The tragedy of the commons #wip
Chapter 6 - Leverage Points — Places to Intervene in a System
- 202106221146 Leverage
- The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn
- Transcending
Wrap up
A lot of this book reminded me of The Computational Beauty of Nature and my experience with NetLogo simulations. In particular, there's a lot of systems that have that oscillating, lagging equilibrium of a hunter-prey population system.
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