Paul Maidowski
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I’m struggling with “systems thinking” /-er; the word feels awkward at best, or distancing / arrogant often. But what other noun is there?
Most people don’t think in this way, it’s not at all intuitive in modern civilization, where success follows narrow expertise & reductionism
Regular reminder that these aren’t just academic pursuits; the difference between systems & linear thinking this year is measured in hundreds of thousands of lives, & many more affected. A stunning failure of western language, culture & education,
What to learn from it, & how-/- without losing trust in people’s judgement remains a struggle even after almost a year now.
Climate, same story. Have we learned from the past 50 years of reality denial? People seem to think that they can take on either climate or growth, but not but at the same time.
Dear all, you’re confusing symptom with cause which of course is the very shape of the problem
Best example: carbon law in Rockström et al 2017; but this is the rockbed of climate science & activism too, including IPCC
carbon emissions irreversibly approaching zero?
have y’all ever thought, seriously, what that would mean?
Spoiler: a system whose internal structure compels it to grow will not stop growing just because *melting glaciers*
Lack of access to energy resources will do the trick, but that’s not what we want. Gotta work harder if we hope to rebuild systems that can exist without growth
Fascinating, from a systems view, activists are then *how* the system speaks if it is not held together by a strong sense of trust & ethical bonds which of course we’re unraveling at astonishing speed
As ever, covid as climate not only in fast (that’s just human perception) but in *with feedbacks and without long delays, so we could learn