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The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small
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I read the book in one sitting on a Friday when I was taking a break from working on some annoying distributed systems issues. It speaks to the timelessness of Systems problems that a book that was first published in 1975 can have such an impact even today. There have been many Systems Theory books since this one and I had just read John Miller's "A crude Look at the whole" and expected more of the same treatment. Boy, was I surprised!? The book is broken into very small chapters that essentially talk about a certain axiom about systems thinking with anecdotes. The book feels friendly while also sounding serious and authoritative at times. This validated a lot of my own thoughts about heterogeneity gaining stability in a system and how complex systems with problems should be tackled. This should be a required reading for anyone who wants to develop a systems thinking mindset.
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