Epistemic uncertainty is important: ask the Thanksgiving turkeys

Graham Harris v3By Graham Harris

As Dr Nick Winder has pointed out, since the 1970s we have found ourselves more and more having to comprehend and deal with recursive, open, non-stationary and evolving entities that we have come to call systems or “systems of systems.” Continue reading

Thinking Systems #3: Thinking about Systems Theory

Graham Harris v3By Graham Harris

It is always instructive to take a step back from the coalface occasionally and to take a look at the history of particular disciplines. More often than not it is possible to see that certain sets of ideas became the bedrock of our thinking – and that others did not. Continue reading