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To me, systems thinking is all about accepting that _most_ thinking that isn't physics contains interactions that wouldn't pop naturally in the mind during analysis.

So the first step to thinking in systems is the acceptance that there are more interactions out there in the world than what can fit in our mind or what jumps to us through intuition.

I find sketching diagrams helps. I also try to see feedback loops and bottlenecks.

My recommendation would be to try breaking down systems. For example, I do that on my blog:

- https://invertedpassion.com/revenue-requires-investment-prof...

- https://invertedpassion.com/science-of-setting-achieving-goa...

- https://invertedpassion.com/what-food-delivery-companies-can...




Reminds me of Frederic Bastiat's "that which is seen and that which is not seen".

http://bastiat.org/en/twisatwins.html




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