Interconnections Quote by Donella H. Meadows

“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…

— Donella H. Meadows

“People don't need enormous cars; they need admiration and respect. They don't need a constant stream of new clothes; they need to feel that…

— Donella H. Meadows

“When we, system dynamicists, see a pattern persist in many parts of a system over long periods, we assume that it has causes embedded…

— Donella H. Meadows

“But rules for sustainability, like every workable social rule, would be put into place not to destroy freedoms, but to create freedoms or to…

— Donella H. Meadows

“Managers do not solve problems, they manage messes.”

— Donella H. Meadows

“You think that because you understand “one” that you must therefore understand “two” because one and one make two. But you forget that you…

— Donella H. Meadows

“The difference between a sustainable society and a present-day economic recession is like the difference between stopping and automobile purposefully with the brakes versus…

— Donella H. Meadows

“We can't impose our will on a system. We can listen to what the system tells us, and discover how its properties and our…

— Donella H. Meadows

“Model utility depends not on whether its driving scenarios are realistic (since no one can know that for sure), but on whether it responds…

— Donella H. Meadows

“Designing a system for intrinsic responsibility could mean, for example, requiring all towns or companies that emit wastewater into a stream to place their…

— Donella H. Meadows

“The systems-thinking lens allows us to reclaim our intuition about whole systems and • hone our abilities to understand parts, • see interconnections, •…

— Donella H. Meadows

“One of the strangest assumptions of present-day mental models is the idea that world of moderation must be a world of strict, centralized government…

— Donella H. Meadows