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* 1. What do we mean and understand by "systems thinking" as we use the term in valuescience? | * 1. What do we mean and understand by "systems thinking" as we use the term in valuescience? | ||
* 2. About when was the term “systems thinking” introduced? | * 2. About when was the term “systems thinking” introduced? | ||
− | * 3. What was Limits to Growth? | + | * 3. What was ''Limits to Growth''? |
* 4. How did people respond to it? | * 4. How did people respond to it? | ||
* 5. After forty years, what can we observe about projections made by its authors? | * 5. After forty years, what can we observe about projections made by its authors? | ||
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* 13. What do we mean and understand by "ecological footprint" as we use the term in valuescience? | * 13. What do we mean and understand by "ecological footprint" as we use the term in valuescience? | ||
* 14. State one or more benefits advocates of ecological footprint calculations see in these. | * 14. State one or more benefits advocates of ecological footprint calculations see in these. | ||
− | * 15. | + | * 15. What are one or more shortcomings or risks in such calculations we’ve noted in this course? |
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Describe the advent of modern scientific world-modeling. (~100 words)
- 1. What do we mean and understand by "systems thinking" as we use the term in valuescience?
- 2. About when was the term “systems thinking” introduced?
- 3. What was Limits to Growth?
- 4. How did people respond to it?
- 5. After forty years, what can we observe about projections made by its authors?
- 6. Why might thoughtful people consider the book especially relevant now?
- 7. Define exponential growth, and give one example that includes a rate and a time.
- 8. What can we say about the absolute magnitude of each subsequent increment of exponential growth?
- 9. What are three qualities of a society Tainter and Ophuls use to measure complexity?
- 10. How might people account for Tainter's ideas about complexity and Wilson's about the "ratchet of progress" as we evolve culture?
- 11. What do we mean and understand by "overshoot" as we use the term in valuescience?
- 12. How is "overshoot" possible, and what is its consequence?
- 13. What do we mean and understand by "ecological footprint" as we use the term in valuescience?
- 14. State one or more benefits advocates of ecological footprint calculations see in these.
- 15. What are one or more shortcomings or risks in such calculations we’ve noted in this course?