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The Seeing Systems Blog: Challenge the Oppressor, Integrate with the “Other.” – Barry Oshry
Written on the occasion of his 90th birthday. Happy birthday, Barry!
Challenge the Oppressor, Integrate with the “Other.”
The Seeing Systems Blog: Challenge the Oppressor, Integrate with the “Other.”
Systems Thinking Ontario – 2022-03-14
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Systems Thinking Ontario – 2022-03-14
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March 14 (the second Monday of the month, besides being Commonwealth Day in Canada that isn’t a statutory holiday!) is the 98th meeting for Systems Thinking Ontario. The registration is at https://entropy-systems-thinking.eventbrite.ca .
Entropy: How does the Second Law of Thermodynamics change our thinking?
Entropy, the second law of thermodynamics, is foundational to the systems sciences. Since the field aims for isomorphies (i.e. patterns that apply across many disciiplines), a variety of interpretations of entropy can create a lot of confusion!
David L. Hawk, in his 2019 book, remarks:
“Entropy, something I had no idea about when first told, then began to understand it on second encounter, then knew I would never understand it when I met it the third time. Then, not being able to ever get over it on fourth encounter.” [….]
“For Einstein, then Steven Hawking, the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics was sacrosanct. [,,,,] Many leading scientists have gone deeper in arguing why they agree with Einstein, then Hawking, and feel so strongly about entropy is a supreme law of nature and must be factored into what humans do.”
With this caution, David Hawk has agreed to guide us towards some understanding of entropy, and how it shapes (or misshapes!) the human condition.
The pre-reading list, below, has been annotated, to encourage participants to gain some familiarity in advance of the interactive discussion.
2022-03-14March 14 (the second Monday of the month, besides being Commonwealth Day in Canada that isn’t a statutory holiday!) is the 98th meeting for Systems Thinking Ontario. The registration is at https://entropy-systems-thinking.eventbrite.ca .Entropy: How does the Second Law of Thermodynamics change our thinking?
Systems Thinking Ontario – 2022-03-14
Act to live! Viability in times of uncertainty – 14th Metaphorum Conference 2022, Leuven, Belgium, 10-12 June
Act to live! Viability in times of uncertainty
14th Metaphorum Conference 2022, Leuven, Belgium, 10-12 June
Act to live! Viability in times of uncertainty – metaphorum
Complex Systems Seminar (virtual): Promoting the use of agent-based modelling in scientific inquiry: a Learning Sciences approach: Ümit Aslan, Learning Sciences, Northwestern University | U-M LSA Center for the Study of Complex Systems
Complex Systems Seminar: Promoting the use of agent-based modeling in scientific inquiry: a Learning Sciences approach
Ümit Aslan, Learning Sciences, Northwestern University
Tuesday, March 8, 202211:30 AM-1:00 PM
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Complex Systems Seminar: Promoting the use of agent-based modeling in scientific inquiry: a Learning Sciences approach: Ümit Aslan, Learning Sciences, Northwestern University | U-M LSA Center for the Study of Complex Systems
Systemic Foresight Methodology – Saritas (2013)
Systemic Foresight MethodologyMarch 2013DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-31827-6_6In book: Science, Technology and Innovation Policy for the FutureOzcan Saritas
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Scavenging. We need to understand the central… | by Aidan Ward | GentlySerious | Feb, 2022 | Medium
Aidan WardFeb 28·8 min read·ListenScavenging
Scavenging. We need to understand the central… | by Aidan Ward | GentlySerious | Feb, 2022 | Medium
Systems Innovation Discussion Paper | Nesta – Puttick, (2013)
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Systems Innovation Discussion Paper | Nesta
Don’t know how I missed this – dug up by Joss Colchester from 2013
Systems Innovation Discussion Paper
Ruth Puttick
Systems Innovation Discussion Paper
Systems Innovation Discussion Paper | Nesta
Systems theory – Danny Hatcher – Obsidian Publish
Systems theorySynopsisSystems theory is the interdisciplinary study of systems, i.e. cohesive groups of interrelated, interdependent parts that can be natural or human-made. Every system is bounded by space and time, influenced by its environment, defined by its structure and purpose, and expressed through its functioning.
Systems theory – Danny Hatcher – Obsidian Publish
Transaction-Cost Utopias Reconsidered – by Venkatesh Rao
Representations of Reality in Constructivism:
In today’s post, I am looking at the fascinating world of second order cybernetics. If first order cybernetics is the study of observed systems, then second order cybernetics (SOC) is the study of observing systems. If first order cybernetics is a hard view of modeling systems, then second order cybernetics is a soft view of modeling the modeling. From my viewpoint, one of the basic notions of second order cybernetics is that we are informationally closed. This means that information does not enter us from the outside. Instead, we generate meaning based on the perturbations we encounter from the outside world. One of the pioneers of SOC was Heinz von Foerster. I will be relying on his wisdom a lot for this post.
SOC teaches us that observer must be included as part of the observation. Objective observations are not possible because the observer is part of the observation. We…
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Higher-Order Systems
Edited byFederico Battiston,Giovanni Petri
This book discusses its potential to model real-world systems and how considering their higher-order organization can lead to the emergence of novel dynamical behavior. Over the last decades, networks have emerged as the paradigmatic framework to model complex systems. Yet, as simple collections of nodes and links, they are intrinsically limited to pairwise interactions, limiting our ability to describe, understand, and predict complex phenomena which arise from higher-order interactions. Here we introduce the new modeling framework of higher-order systems, where hypergraphs and simplicial complexes are used to describe complex patterns of interactions among any number of agents. This book is intended both as a first introduction and an overview of the state of the art of this rapidly emerging field, serving as a reference for network scientists interested in better modeling the interconnected world we live in.
Read the full article at: link.springer.com
Recovery coupling in multilayer networks
Michael M. Danziger & Albert-László Barabási
Nature Communications volume 13, Article number: 955 (2022)
The increased complexity of infrastructure systems has resulted in critical interdependencies between multiple networks—communication systems require electricity, while the normal functioning of the power grid relies on communication systems. These interdependencies have inspired an extensive literature on coupled multilayer networks, assuming a hard interdependence, where a component failure in one network causes failures in the other network, resulting in a cascade of failures across multiple systems. While empirical evidence of such hard failures is limited, the repair and recovery of a network requires resources typically supplied by other networks, resulting in documented interdependencies induced by the recovery process. In this work, we explore recovery coupling, capturing the dependence of the recovery of one system on the instantaneous functional state of another system. If the support networks are not functional, recovery will be slowed. Here we collected…
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Book Launch: An Introduction to Systems Psychodynamics – The Tavistock Institute
Book Launch: An Introduction to Systems PsychodynamicsFeb 2022Join us on Wednesday, 23 March at 13:00 GMT, for a Lunchtime Talk special: a book launch of An Introduction to Systems Psychodynamics
Book Launch: An Introduction to Systems Psychodynamics – The Tavistock Institute
WHO | Systems Thinking for Health Systems Strengthening – Savigny etc (2009)
Systems Thinking for Health Systems StrengtheningAuthors:Savigny, Donald de, Adam, Taghreed, Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, World Health Organization
WHO | Systems Thinking for Health Systems Strengthening
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Editors: World Health Organization
Publication date: 2009
Languages: English, French, Spanish
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Systems Thinking for Health Systems Strengthening offers a practical approach to strengthening health systems through a “systems thinking” lens. The Report offers practical explanations for complex issues ranging from the design of system-oriented interventions to evaluating their effects. As investments in health are increasingly directed to health system strengthening, Systems Thinking for Health Systems Strengthening helps to understand not only what works, but for whom and under what circumstances.
Brief Overview of Systems Thinking for Health Systems Strengthening
Video: Systems Thinking for Health Systems Strengthening
Related Publications
- Health Policy and Planning Supplement on Systems Thinking (2012)
- BMC/Health Research Policy and Systems Supplement: Advancing the Application of Systems Thinking in Health (2014)
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Full book:
https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/44204/9789241563895_eng.pdf?sequence=1
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