The Systems Thinker: Essential Thinking Skills (The Systems Thinker Series, #1)

by Albert Rutherford

always open-minded enough to receive and analyze new information, even when it differed from their beliefs and the tools they needed to find and recognize good reputable sources.

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A system is a group of things that are interconnected and demonstrate their own behavior pattern over time.

Just as our intelligence creates ideas and patterns For civilization , is it possible thst it is like cell mutations

Systems thinking encourages us to look at events and patterns occurring in our lives and around us by focusing on the connection and relationship between the system’s parts instead of only looking at the individual parts in isolation. It encourages observing the interconnections of the parts.

there an isomorphic law,[2] or guiding principle that extends beyond one field of science to span and connect multiple different fields of science?

Good question

Where do these isomorphic similarities come from? Ludwig von Bertalanffy, the father of general systems theory, identified three reasons for the different fields of study to share the same isomorphic natural laws: There is an finite number of scientific laws or equations for solving things, so it makes sense that we use and adapt what is available to us all across the scientific disciplines. We can apply these laws into our world. Natural laws, like the exponential law, can prove to be true across a variety of situations and scientific fields. It is applicable in more than one instance as it holds true in the same type of system, even when the elements that exist within the systems are quite different. In the case of exponential law, or the Law of Exponents,[3] if the exponent is negative, the same rule applies to the decay of oxygen, the loss of body substance in a starving organism, molecular reactions, population decrease, financial decrease, or skill acquisition based by effort and time devoted. If the exponent is positive, an exponential growth can be observed in all the aforementioned areas. The subjects involved in each scenario are fairly different. The process that leads to the general decay or growth are also different, yet the Law of Exponents produces the same outcome. The Law of Exponents stays true in the case of chemistry, biology, economics, demography, or individual skill acquisition efforts. [vii]

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What is a system? A system is a group of interconnected elements working together to achieve a common purpose or function. In order to consider something a system, we need to have three things: Elements; Interconnections; Purpose or function.

recently stopped at a gas station located across the street from a gravel pit. As I filled up my car, I watched as large trucks came in, carrying rocks or hauling them away. The number of rocks varied with each load that came or went, but as far as the rock quarry, the rocks weren’t interconnected with one another and they weren’t working toward achieving a common purpose. They were just rocks piled up at a gravel pit. They were not a system.

LAME !!!!!!!need a better example

Systems can change and react to the environment around them. They respond to changes and find ways to survive when things go wrong. This is true whether it is a living or nonliving system.

Like skin reacting to sensual

The nine most common systems archetypes are the following: Shifting the Burden Fixes that Backfire Growth and Underinvestment Tragedy of the Commons Limits to Success Accidental Adversaries Escalation Drifting Goals Success to the Successful I will review four of the nine archetypes mentioned above. The other archetypes can easily be located online if you want to deepen your knowledge.

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