A community for discussing the theory and practice of complexity and systems
thinking, in any domain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_thinking
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_thinking]
I had a lot of fun with this in college, had no idea it would pop up in “normal life” (or at least my random internet browsing for fun) under its name instead of just seeing “you know cause and effect isn’t always immediate” in a few arguments and going no deeper. Pleased to see it! Subscribed immediately.
Biol and maths. Then climate science. Now working in climate risk, and it turns out everything at that point is basically sociology anyway, because it all comes down to belief in predictions, uncettainty, world views, subjective risk tolerance and decision making…
I had a lot of fun with this in college, had no idea it would pop up in “normal life” (or at least my random internet browsing for fun) under its name instead of just seeing “you know cause and effect isn’t always immediate” in a few arguments and going no deeper. Pleased to see it! Subscribed immediately.
What kind of classes did it come up in?
A Systems Thinking one
Oh yeah, that’ll do it 😂
What discipline are you in? Something stemmy, or more social science?
Social sciences are super cool and fascinating, but I ultimately went non-social-science STEM. How about you?
Biol and maths. Then climate science. Now working in climate risk, and it turns out everything at that point is basically sociology anyway, because it all comes down to belief in predictions, uncettainty, world views, subjective risk tolerance and decision making…