Donella Meadows: Dancing with Systems

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June 22, 2021 a project of ServiceSpace We can't control systems or figure them out. But we can dance with them! - Donella Meadows - Donella Meadows: Dancing with Systems "We can never fully understand our world, not in the way our reductionistic science has led us to expect. Our science itself, from quantum theory to the mathematics of chaos, leads us into irreducible uncertainty. For any objective other than the most trivial, we can't optimize; we do'nt even know what to optimize. We cant keep track of everything. We can't find a proper, sustainable relationship to nature, each other, or the institutions we create, if we try to do it from the role of omniscient conqueror. For those who stake their identity on the role of omniscient conqueror, the uncertainty exposed by systems thinking is hard to take. If you can't understand, predict, and control, what is there to do?" Influential environmentalist, farmer and writer Donella Meadows explores this question in one of her many, thought-provoking pieces here. { read more } Be The Change Check out these Systems Thinking resources complied by the Donella Meadows Project. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Being Resilient During Coronavirus This is Me at 68: Elders Reflect During Crisis Translating Meaning Into Life: A Taoist Parable A Tribute to Mary Oliver Orion's 25 Most-Read Articles of the Decade Bye Bye Plastic Bags 16 Teachings from COVID-19 A Pandemic Poem-Prayer DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 244,075 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More