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But human experience trains the mind only poorly for estimating the dynamic
consequences of how the parts of a system will interact with one another . Until
recently there has been no way to estimate the behavior of social systems except
by ...
But human experience trains the mind only poorly for estimating the dynamic
consequences of how the parts of a system will interact with one another . Until
recently there has been no way to estimate the behavior of social systems except
by ...
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As for the third characteristic of complex systems , there is usually a conflict
between the goals of a subsystem and the ... The broader social system of a
country or the world requires that the goals of the urban areas be curtailed and
that the ...
As for the third characteristic of complex systems , there is usually a conflict
between the goals of a subsystem and the ... The broader social system of a
country or the world requires that the goals of the urban areas be curtailed and
that the ...
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Our social systems are far more complex and harder to understand than our
technological systems . Why , then , do we not use the same approach of making
models of social systems and conducting laboratory experiments on those
models ...
Our social systems are far more complex and harder to understand than our
technological systems . Why , then , do we not use the same approach of making
models of social systems and conducting laboratory experiments on those
models ...
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Structure of the World System | 17 |
Limits to Growth | 67 |
Copyright | |
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