Аннотация
In the years following her role as the lead author of the international
bestseller, \_Limits to Growth\_—the first book to show the consequences of
unchecked growth on a finite planet— Donella Meadows remained a pioneer of
environmental and social analysis until her untimely death in 2001.
Meadows' newly released manuscript, \_Thinking in Systems\_, is a concise and
crucial book offering insight for problem solving on scales ranging from the
personal to the global. Edited by the Sustainability Institute's Diana Wright,
this essential primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers
and equations and into the tangible world, showing readers how to develop the
systems-thinking skills that thought leaders across the globe consider
critical for 21st-century life.
Some of the biggest problems facing the world—war, hunger, poverty, and
environmental degradation—are essentially system failures. They cannot be
solved by fixing one piece in isolation from the others, because even
seemingly minor details have enormous power to undermine the best efforts of
too-narrow thinking.
While readers will learn the conceptual tools and methods of systems thinking,
the heart of the book is grander than methodology. Donella Meadows was known
as much for nurturing positive outcomes as she was for delving into the
science behind global dilemmas. She reminds readers to pay attention to what
is important, not just what is quantifiable, to stay humble, and to stay a
learner.
In a world growing ever more complicated, crowded, and interdependent,
\_Thinking in Systems\_ helps readers avoid confusion and helplessness, the
first step toward finding proactive and effective solutions.
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