Subject: How can we make people fall in love with systems ideas?

Posted by Richard Hake on 11/16/2010

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On 11/16/2010 2:23 PM, Richard Hake wrote:
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"The global society, and particularly the US, is like a small boatload of people about to enter a long stretch of white water and rapids. For the foreseeable future we will be totally preoccupied with immediate problems and far too distracted to develop and implement a rational long term plan. Eventually, after climate change, fossil fuel depletion, and several other manifestations of the growth limits have produced some new sort of semi stable state, with a MUCH lower population and material standard of living, our species will hopefully be able to start identifying, choosing, and pursuing its longer term options. I do not expect to be alive when that time comes."
Dennis Meadows, private communication of 17 November
2009 to R.R. Hake, quoted by permission.

Follow Ups:

How can we make people fall in love with systems ideas? - Jack Harich 11/17/2010 
How can we make people fall in love with systems ideas? - Bill Rathborne 11/17/2010