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{{a|book review|}}{{br|Thinking in Systems}} by {{author|Donella H. Meadows}} | {{a|book review| | ||
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{{Quote|A '''stock''' is the foundation of any system. Stocks are the elements in the system that you can see, feel, count, or measure at any given time. A system stock is just what it sounds like: a store, a quantity, an accumulation of material or information that has built up over time. It may be the water in a bathtub, a population, the books in a bookstore, the wood in a tree, the money in the bank, your own self-confidence. A stock does not have to be physical. Your reserve of goodwill for others or your supply of hope that the world can be better are both stocks. | |||
:—{{br|Thinking in Systems}} by {{author|Donella H. Meadows}}.}} | |||
Very much of a piece with {{Author|Charles Perrow}}’s {{Br|Normal Accidents}} Donella Meadows’ introduction to systems theory is a good place to start in breaking down the tyranny of [[Deterministic|determinist]], [[Reductionism|reductive]] views of the world. It is short, clear and to the point. | Very much of a piece with {{Author|Charles Perrow}}’s {{Br|Normal Accidents}} Donella Meadows’ introduction to systems theory is a good place to start in breaking down the tyranny of [[Deterministic|determinist]], [[Reductionism|reductive]] views of the world. It is short, clear and to the point. | ||
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For a short book this one is packed with insight, covering a number of “old chestnut” system problems: the tragedy of the commons, success to the successful, rule arbitrage and others and prescribing as it does basically liberal approach — small “l” liberal, that is — people are going to do what they do, and banning them isn’t going to work: better to it is pushing at an open door for this reviewer. | For a short book this one is packed with insight, covering a number of “old chestnut” system problems: the tragedy of the commons, success to the successful, rule arbitrage and others and prescribing as it does basically liberal approach — small “l” liberal, that is — people are going to do what they do, and banning them isn’t going to work: better to it is pushing at an open door for this reviewer. | ||
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*{{author|John Gall}}’s {{br|Systemantics: The Systems Bible}} | |||
*{{author|Charles Perrow}}’s {{br|Normal Accidents}} | |||
*{{author|Jane Jacobs}}’ {{br|The Death and Life of Great American Cities}} | |||
{{c|Systems theory}} | |||