The Fish Discipline | Teaching kids Systems thinking | What is a system — Ahmad Fahmy

It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out nor more doubtful of success nor more dangerous to handle than to initiate a new order of things; for the reformer has enemies in all those who profit by the old order, and only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit by the new order; this lukewarmness arising partly ... See more

Local optimization hurt the whole

If you focus on a part of the system and ignore the whole system, bad things tend to happen. A body builder optimizes accelerates muscle growth and negatively impacting the other organs ultimately impacting the systems very purpose.

A young gamer over clocks their new computer so it can go faster which will raise th... See more

Key Idea: Systems are usually contained within systems.

Key idea: none of the parts have can fulfill the purpose the system.

Example 3: A planet is a system containing many systems the purpose of which is to maintain life.