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miete ("thought") + lause ("phrase")
count: 4
filter: author = Donella H. Meadows clear
Purposes are deduced from behavior, not from rhetoric or stated goals
page: 10
tags:
purposes
behavior
goals
the purposes of subunits may add up to an overall behavior that no one wants
page: 10
tags:
behavior
purpose
a system generally goes on being itself, changing only slowly if at all, even with complete substitutions of its elements--as long as its interconnections and purposes remain intact
page: 16
tags:
systems
purpose
because land, factories, and people are long-lived, slowly changing, physical elements of the system, there is a limit to the rate at which any leader can turn the direction of a nation.
page: 17
tags:
change