Third Law: Technology comes in packages, big and small.
A system is any group of interacting, interrelated or inter-dependent parts that form a complex and unified whole which has a specific purpose. Interdependency of parts put together for a purpose is key here
Patricia Lustig • Strategic Foresight
A system is an interconnected set of elements that is coherently organized in a way that achieves something. If you look at that definition closely for a minute, you can see that a system must consist of three kinds of things: elements, interconnections, and a function or purpose
Donella Meadows • Thinking in Systems: International Bestseller
That means there are three main components to identify when looking at a system: the people, the interaction (i.e. the sharing of information), and the shared context (i.e. what that group of people have in common).
Introduction to Abundant Systems
So, what is a system? A system is a set of things—people, cells, molecules, or whatever—interconnected in such a way that they produce their own pattern of behavior over time. The system may be buffeted, constricted, triggered, or driven by outside forces. But the system’s response to these forces is characteristic of itself, and that response is s
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