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Thinking in Systems (Donella H. Meadows)


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