Pensar en sistemas

Author of the international bestseller The Limits to Growth, which shows the consequences of uncontrolled growth on a finite planet, Meadows was a pioneer of environmental and social analysis until her untimely death in 2001. Thinking in Systems is an essential manual that guides thinking systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations into the tangible world, showing how to develop the systems thinking skills that thought leaders around the world consider essential to life in the 21st century. Some of the biggest problems facing the planet - wars, hunger, poverty and environmental degradation - are essentially system failures. They can't be solved by fixing one piece in isolation from the others, because even seemingly minor details have enormous power to undermine the best efforts of overly narrow thinking. Meadows, known for digging deeper into the science behind global dilemmas, reminds us to pay attention to what's important, not just the quantifiable. In an increasingly complicated, crowded and interdependent world, Systems Thinking helps us avoid confusion and helplessness, a first step in finding proactive and effective solutions.