 Achieving Transformation in Our Highly Interconnected World I: Systems Thinking and Network ThinkingLen Fisher ()
Chapter Chapter 8 in The Kyoto Post-COVID Manifesto For Global Economics, 2022, pp 129-146 from Springer Abstract: Abstract The central thesis of the Manifesto is that we can transform our societies from their present unhealthy focus on economic self-interest, to a condition where cooperation, mutual support and sustainability are the norm, through the application of humanistic values, as exemplified by many Buddhist principles. In this and the next Chapter I examine how such change might be achieved in practice. In the present Chap. 1 consider our increasingly interconnected socio-economicecological world as a whole, and show how it may be seen as a giant complex adaptive network (a CAN). It is a network because its individual members (such as people, plants, animals, institutions, rocks and oceans) are connected with each other, and interact either directly or indirectly. It is adaptive because the interactions are dynamic, driving change and being changed themselves in turn and over time. Finally, it is complex because the direction and nature of overall change is often both unpredictable and uncontrollable. Date: 2022 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:crechp:978-981-16-8566-8_8 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-8566-8_8 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Creative Economy from Springer |
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