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The price of food is not just a number; it carries the weight of choices made by countless individuals.
Noise is an inevitable part of any electronic system.
From The Art of Electronics by Paul Horowitz & Winfield Hill
Complex systems are inherently unpredictable, yet they follow patterns.
A system is a set of things interconnected in such a way that they produce their own pattern of behavior over time.
Sustainability requires us to think in systems and understand the interconnections.
Information is a measure of the uncertainty of a system.
From The Annotated Turing by Charles Petzold
Humboldt's idea was that nature was a network, a web of interconnected systems.
From The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf
Systems thinking is a way of seeing the world that emphasizes the relationships between things.
The economy is a complex adaptive system, much like a living organism.
From The Origin of Wealth by Eric Beinhocker
The better we understand systems, the better we can design interventions.
Forests are complex networks.
Growth must be sustainable, or else it will lead to systemic failures.
From Scale by Geoffrey West
The premise of this book is that the mind is divided into two systems that compete for attention.
To ensure safety, we must incorporate mechanisms for human oversight into AI systems.
From Human Compatible by Stuart Russell
In the study of philosophy, one learns that it is far more difficult to create a system than to criticize it.
Feedback loops are crucial in understanding how systems work.
Systems thinking is a way of seeing, a way of understanding the world.
Ethical considerations are paramount in the deployment of AI systems.
Leverage points are places in a system where a small shift can lead to big changes.
The most important thing we can do is to learn how to think in systems.
The world is a complex place, and systems thinking helps us to understand it.
If you want better results, then forget about setting goals. Focus on your system instead.
From Atomic Habits by James Clear
The loss of biodiversity has profound implications for ecosystems.
Cities are not just collections of buildings; they are complex systems that exhibit emergent behavior.
From Scale by Geoffrey West
You can’t change one part of a system without changing the whole thing.
The interconnectedness of all life forms emphasizes the importance of sustainability.
From Scale: The Universal Laws of Life and Death in Organisms, Cities and Companies by Geoffrey West
The world is a living organism, a dynamic interplay of forces.
From The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf
Human creativity is a fundamental aspect of economic systems.
From The Origin of Wealth by Eric Beinhocker
A system is more than the sum of its parts.
Sustainability in food production is not just a trend; it’s a necessity for future generations.
Forests can influence the climate and weather patterns.
The laws of physics and biology are deeply intertwined in the functioning of complex systems.
From Scale: The Universal Laws of Life and Death in Organisms, Cities and Companies by Geoffrey West
Our impact on the Earth is profound, but our absence would be a powerful rebirth for ecosystems.
From The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
You can’t really understand anything until you know the whole system.
We should be careful about how we design future AI systems.
From Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom
The concept of layered money allows us to see how different forms of money interact.
From Layered Money by Nik Bhatia
Forests are not just collections of trees; they are complex ecosystems.
Complex problems require complex solutions.
From The Model Thinker by Scott E. Page
A system is only as good as its constraints.
From The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Create a system that serves you, not the other way around.
From The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi
Success comes from understanding the systems around you.
In systems, everything is connected to everything else.
The behavior of a system is not determined by the parts alone, but by their interactions.
In the world of finance, everything is connected.
From Out of the Ether by Matthew Leising
You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.
From Atomic Habits by James Clear
Rust is a systems programming language that runs fast, prevents segfaults, and guarantees thread safety.
From The Rust Programming Language by Steve Klabnik & Carol Nichols
Models help us navigate complex systems.
From The Model Thinker by Scott E. Page
The more you try to optimize each part, the more you will sub-optimize the whole.
From The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Feedback loops are essential to the functioning of systems.
Change is a process, not an event.
The fundamental laws of scaling govern all biological systems, from cells to cities.
From Scale by Geoffrey West
Different moral foundations lead to different political ideologies.
From The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
The dynamics of urban life mirror those found in ecosystems, highlighting our connection to nature.
From Scale by Geoffrey West
Self-reference is a crucial aspect of any complex system.
The decline of human presence could lead to a resurgence of biodiversity.
From The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
Understanding where our food comes from is the first step toward making informed choices.
Systems permit ordinary people to achieve extraordinary results predictably.
If we want to create intelligent systems, we have to understand how intelligence works.
The pattern of innovation is not linear; it is more akin to a web.
We can’t control the world, but we can control our responses to it.
The systems we put in place can create a cycle of disadvantage.
Complexity increases with size, but so does vulnerability.
From Scale: The Universal Laws of Life and Death in Organisms, Cities and Companies by Geoffrey West
Every business is a system for solving a problem.
From The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman
The human body is, in fact, a complex system of systems.
A strange loop is a level in a hierarchy that, by ascending or descending, ends up in the same place.
What is happening is not simply the extinction of individual species, but the extinction of entire ecosystems.
To change the system, we must change our thinking.
We must rethink our social and economic systems to accommodate the changes brought by the second machine age.
From The Second Machine Age by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee
The body is a system of systems that is constantly adapting to the demands placed upon it.
Civilization is a fragile construct built on the complex interactions of countless components.
From The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm by Lewis Dartnell
Systems are the key to productivity and consistency.
From The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman
Biological systems follow the same scaling laws as cities and companies.
From Scale by Geoffrey West
A formal system is a machine for generating truths.
The more complex the system, the harder it is to align it with human goals.
From The Alignment Problem by Brian Christian
Scaling laws reveal deep connections between size and function across different systems.
From Scale: The Universal Laws of Life and Death in Organisms, Cities and Companies by Geoffrey West
The more complex the system, the more difficult the alignment problem becomes.
From The Alignment Problem by Brian Christian
The delicate balance of ecosystems is reflected in the diversity of fungi.
From The Mushroom Hunters: On the Trail of an Underground America by Langdon Cook
The world is a series of nested networks.
From Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
Every business is a system of interrelated processes.
From The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman
Markets are complex adaptive systems that evolve over time.
From The Origin of Wealth by Eric Beinhocker
Systems thinking allows us to see the bigger picture.
Collaborative modeling enhances our understanding of complex systems.
From The Model Thinker by Scott E. Page
Complexity arises from the interactions of simple parts.
From The Information by James Gleick
A business is a system, not just a collection of products and services.
A system that is only programmed to optimize a single objective can lead to unintended consequences.
From Human Compatible by Stuart Russell
Resilience in systems is often a function of their complexity and adaptability.
From Scale: The Universal Laws of Life and Death in Organisms, Cities and Companies by Geoffrey West
The most important thing we can do is to learn to see the world as a system.
Each product has a story, a history that is seldom told.
The economy is more than just the sum of its parts.
From The Origin of Wealth by Eric Beinhocker