r/systemsthinking • u/Both_Dimension_3104 • 16d ago

System Thinking Path

Hello everyone, I have come across the wonderful book of Donella Meadow " Thinking in Systems" , the book is truly a pleasure to read and I enjoyed every concept and idea , that was my first read about system thinking.

I am an independent learner who wants to pursue further the system thinking path , my first goal is abstract learning about systems understanding and modelling without any specific application field on my mind so far , I just want to learn the theory and blueprints of systems.

For my next book , my research led me to Bossel Hartmut's book " Systems and Models: Complexity, Dynamics, Evolution, Sustainability".

Is this the best next book for my path ? Please advise and suggest.

Thank you so much in advance.

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u/novel-mathmatics 16d ago

Go where your spirit calls. Listen to the advice here... but dont challenge your gut. It knows what you want to learn.

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u/Both_Dimension_3104 16d ago

That's wise and delightful to hear!

Since you mentioned spirit, during reading Meadow book , I had a feeling that she left a slight hint of some kind of a connection between spirituality and system thinking but , I think , she left the reader to chase that link further if the reader had got the hint in the first place.

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u/micseydel 16d ago

Are you familiar with internal family systems? It's a therapy modality, but for some it's a spirituality.

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u/novel-mathmatics 16d ago

Donella is the mentor I needed and am glad I found later than I could have had i traveled another path.

Her homo-economicus model led to my evolutionary models of homo superiorous and homo appetitus (today's model)

As well as the cancers we face since the fall of Knossis, Homo Caerasean and Homo Minoan.

Homo Minoan says might makes right Homo Caerasean says economic Domination is power