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4.18 AVERAGE
4.18 AVERAGE
informative
reflective
medium-paced
I found the material irrelevant to my objective which was to use that knowledge to my own work domain.
This book deserves a star more if the concepts and the ideas in it a completely new to you. For me, unfortunately, too much of this was too long-winded considering that it concluded with concepts that are extremely well-known to me.
The best part of this book is the first few chapters; where the basic concepts and vocabulary is explained. Stock. Flow. Balancing and Strengthening feedback-loops. After that it spends too many words for too simple concepts making it fairly boring in the latter parts, at least if you've got a decent grounding in related concepts already. I think this book would be better at half the length. I ended up skimming the last half of the book; there just wasn't enough that was new to me there to hold my interest, relative to how many words were spent.
The best part of this book is the first few chapters; where the basic concepts and vocabulary is explained. Stock. Flow. Balancing and Strengthening feedback-loops. After that it spends too many words for too simple concepts making it fairly boring in the latter parts, at least if you've got a decent grounding in related concepts already. I think this book would be better at half the length. I ended up skimming the last half of the book; there just wasn't enough that was new to me there to hold my interest, relative to how many words were spent.
The first 2/3rds of this book did more to change my worldview than anything I've read in the last decade. I discovered this book several years ago, but I didn't have a chance to finish it through at the time.
Thinking in Systems provides the reader with a powerful problem solving tool that can be applied to nearly any subject. I have seen it directly improve my ability to think critically about a variety of subjects: politics, economics, religion, mental health, global warming, technology, relationships, etc.
This book is probably not the only intro to systems thinking out there, but it is short and to the point. That said, I took a while to get through it as I repeatedly spent time wrestling with the diagrams and considering the examples. I wouldn't recommend an audiobook for that reason.
Thinking in Systems provides the reader with a powerful problem solving tool that can be applied to nearly any subject. I have seen it directly improve my ability to think critically about a variety of subjects: politics, economics, religion, mental health, global warming, technology, relationships, etc.
This book is probably not the only intro to systems thinking out there, but it is short and to the point. That said, I took a while to get through it as I repeatedly spent time wrestling with the diagrams and considering the examples. I wouldn't recommend an audiobook for that reason.
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Wow. One of those books that is likely to change how I think about everything, and that crystallized vague ideas I had been grasping for.
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
A wonderful book that helps to explain much of life and the way the world works and how it doesn’t when humans become greedy.
informative
reflective
medium-paced
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced