is the transition of a system from one state to another. As a mental model, the insight isn't that change happens — it's that systems resist it. Every stable system has...
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is the transition of a system from one state to another. As a mental model, the insight isn't that change happens — it's that systems resist it. Every stable system has...
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Mental ModelLollapalooza Effects
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Mental ModelAntifragility
systems gain from disorder — growing stronger from shocks.
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Mental ModelEmergence
wholes arise from simple parts interacting — the whole exceeds the sum.
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Mental ModelFeedback Loops
feed back as inputs, creating either amplifying or stabilizing dynamics.
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Mental ModelGall's Law
complex systems evolve from working simple systems.
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Mental ModelLeverage Donella Meadows
a MeadowsSmall shifts at the right point produce outsized systemic changes.