Notes on Reading System Thinking by Donella Meadows Introduction
- System Thinking is like finding patterns to tackle bigger problem
- “Systems modeling” and “systems thinking” is not a super definite terms, quite interchangable and definable. So there should be room to explore more terms from other writer maybe.
- A note from the editor page XIII “ of the day as parts of trends, and those trends as symptoms of underlying system structure, you will be able to consider new ways to manage and new ways to live in a world of complex systems.” This sounds like breaking parameters in Creative workflow
- How come motorcycle book so deep lol: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- Benefit of System Thinking: systems thinking will help us manage, adapt, and see the wide range of choices we have before us. It is a way of thinking that gives us the freedom to identify root causes of problems and see new opportunities.
- Mostly, we believe that the problem is “out there”, rather than “in here.” Some of the points to think about:
Political leaders don’t cause recessions or economic booms.
Ups and downs are inherent in the structure of the market
economy.
• Competitors rarely cause a company to lose market share.
They may be there to scoop up the advantage, but the losing
company creates its losses at least in part through its own
business policies.
• The oil-exporting nations are not solely responsible for oilprice rises. Their actions alone could not trigger global price
rises and economic chaos if the oil consumption, pricing, and
investment policies of the oil-importing nations had not built
economies that are vulnerable to supply interruptions.
• The flu virus does not attack you; you set up the conditions
for it to flourish within you.
• Drug addiction is not the failing of an individual and no one
person, no matter how tough, no matter how loving, can cure
a drug addict—not even the addict. It is only through understanding addiction as part of a larger set of influences and
societal issues that one can begin to address it.
- The Blind Men and the Matter of the Elephant is an examples shows that the behavior of a system be known just by knowing the elements of which the system is made.