“...one of the most frustrating aspects of systems is that the purposes of subunits may add up to an overall behavior that no one wants.”Tagged: Systems, Thinking in Systems: A Primer, Truths
“If a frog turns right and catches a fly, and then turns left and catches a fly, and then turns around backward and catches a fly, the purpose of the frog has to do not with turning left or right or backward but with catching flies. If a government proclaims its interest in protecting the environment…”Tagged: Facts, Insights, Rhetoric, Systems, Thinking in Systems: A Primer