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Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella Meadows explains how systems thinking can help us better understand and change the systems in our lives.
As usual, the key takeaways are below, and you can find the full summary by clicking the link above.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
What is a system?
Stocks and flows:
Feedback loops:
Before intervening in a system, we should try to understand it:
Even when we understand a system, we may not be able to control it or predict its behaviour.
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