Some subscribers to Phys-L and Physoc might be interested in a post
"Re: How can we make people fall in love with systems ideas?" [Hake
(2010)]. The abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT: Bob Williams of the Eval-Sys list asked: "How can we make
people [concerned with evaluation] fall in love with systems ideas?"
More generally how can we make people in fields such as Ecology,
Economics, Education, Engineering, and Physics fall in love with
systems ideas? For a dilettante's attempt to introduce neophytes to
"Systems Thinking" see "Over Two-Hundred Annotated References on
Systems Thinking" [Hake (2010)] at <http://bit.ly/9gZdXU>.
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"The global society, and particularly the US, is like a small
boatload of people about to enter a long stretch of white water and
rapids. For the foreseeable future we will be totally preoccupied
with immediate problems and far too distracted to develop and
implement a rational long term plan. Eventually, after climate
change, fossil fuel depletion, and several other manifestations of
the growth limits have produced some new sort of semi stable state,
with a MUCH lower population and material standard of living, our
species will hopefully be able to start identifying, choosing, and
pursuing its longer term options. I do not expect to be alive when
that time comes."
Dennis Meadows, private communication of 17 November
2009 to R.R. Hake, quoted by permission.
REFERENCES [URL shortened by <http://bit.ly/> and accessed on 16
November 2010.]
Hake, R.R. 2010. "Re: How can we make people fall in love with
systems ideas?" online on the OPEN AERA-L archives at
<http://bit.ly/9xg49D>. Post of 16 Nov 2010 09:38:10-0800 to AERA-L,
Eval-Sys, & Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are
being transmitted to various discussion lists and are online on my
blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/du4MJL>.