Subject: Climate Change

Posted by Gene Bellinger on 12/5/2009
In Reply To:Climate Change Posted by Kathy Arizmendi on 12/5/2009

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On 05 Dec 09, at 10:04, Kathy Arizmendi wrote:

>> In my experience there are powerful (habitual?) psychological
>> processes that conspire to produce such distractions.
>
> Could you please describe them? Thank you.

Here's an example. It is often the case that those who contribute to the formulation of policies for complex systems have interests embedded within or closely tied to the system. If any contributor perceives it likely that a policy under consideration threatens their interests when compared to status quo, then they will look for ways to change the direction of the proceedings, or failing that, they will look for ways to disrupt/delay its development/implementation -- often by distracting the participants from the task at hand by subtly seducing them into an argument "... over policies that have little leverage for causing change [from Jay's post]."

I bring this up because I'm curious to learn about what SD work might already have been done that explicitly considers the the added complexity of the interests of the policy formulator(s) as part of the policy formulation process.

Follow Ups:

Climate Change - Kathy Arizmendi 12/5/2009 
Climate Change - Steve Crowley 12/5/2009