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clemsy 4d ago 💬 2

From Thinking in Systems - Donella H. Meadows.

Chapter 6 : Leverage Points - Places to Intervene in a System

12 - Constants and parameters

11 - Buffers (stocks size relative to their flows)

10 - Stock and flow structures

9 - Delays (relative to the rate of system change)

8 - Balancing feedback loops

7 - Reinforcing feedback loops

6 - Information flows

5 - Rules (Inventives, punishments, constraints)

4 - Self Organization (Power to add, change, or evolve system structure)

3 - Goals (The purpose or function of the system)

2 - Paradigms (Mindset in which the structure arise)

1 - Paradigm transcending (Being aware of paradigms)

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withthegrain 4d ago

I think I stumbled upon this a few weeks ago. Didn't manage to read it. Did you read it? Any epic lessons?

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clemsy 4d ago

As you can imagine it is full of lessons and ways to interpret and decode the behavior of systems.

Nothing I would consider epic, but you get to be more familiar with a new way to approach what's around you. Especially trying to detect what's nudging the systems (reinforcing loops especially).