Day 6: Causal Loops with Meadows
Ask those who are interested in systems to recommend a book, and chances are good that they'll recommend Donella Meadows' Thinking in Systems: A Primer. It's wonderful! She was a great teacher, and a couple of her lectures survived the decades and are online. So, let's go to Meadows herself to learn about Causal Loop Diagrams.
The whole lecture is great, but to keep to 15 minutes, start at minute 18:59. Take sketchnotes as you watch. (And stop after 15 to 20 minutes.)
Donella Meadows, "A Philosophical Look at System Dynamics" (1977):
"What we try to do, is build a model that makes our mental understanding of the system, so much better [..]That is, what we are really trying to do, is increase our intuition, our understanding " - Donella Meadows
Discussion
Spoilers ahead, so save reading this section until after you have completed this exercise.
Here are some of the wonderful explorations shared by our fellow Adventurers: