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by Finn Jackson finn.jackson tangle
Tue Dec 06, 2005 11:56 am
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Characterizing System Dynamics
Replies: 33
Views: 31619

Characterizing System Dynamics

Posted by ""Finn Jackson"" <finn.jackson@tangley.com> Hello, Everyone else on this discussion list uses their real name. I do not see why ""The Invigilator"" should be any different. Who are you? Finn Jackson Posted by ""Finn Jackson"" <fin...
by Finn Jackson finn.jackson tangle
Thu Nov 24, 2005 2:43 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Agents, Emergence, Evolution, and SD
Replies: 4
Views: 8368

Agents, Emergence, Evolution, and SD

Posted by ""Finn Jackson"" <finn.jackson@tangley.com> I'm not quite sure what question Justin was asking here. But in response to his specific ""Does anyone know [Kaufman's] views on this?"" I would say that to me the quote: ""Evolution is not just '...
by Finn Jackson finn.jackson tangle
Fri Nov 18, 2005 12:08 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Characterizing System Dynamics
Replies: 33
Views: 31619

Characterizing System Dynamics

Posted by ""Finn Jackson"" <finn.jackson@tangley.com> To me there is just one fundamental belief: 1) there is cause and effect: A can cause B The rest then follows. Because A can also cause C and D. And H, R and W can also cause B we need to stop and think about what we think the...
by Finn Jackson finn.jackson tangle
Fri Jul 29, 2005 12:13 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Growth and sustainability
Replies: 13
Views: 8840

Growth and sustainability

Posted by ""Finn Jackson"" <finn.jackson@tangley.com> Great and important questions, which I think boil down to: ""Is the link between economic growth and consumption of resources modified by what is consumed?"" - if someone spends $100 on music downloads, thi...
by Finn Jackson finn.jackson tangle
Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:12 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Marketing driven growth and decline
Replies: 15
Views: 9435

Marketing driven growth and decline

Posted by ""Finn Jackson"" <finn.jackson@tangley.com> Kim's query raises a number of points. I will take them in reverse order. FIRST: ""I am not sure it is common for customers to be lost *because* they were not marketed to. Customers leave a supplier for other reasons...
by Finn Jackson finn.jackson tangle
Sat Jul 16, 2005 11:50 am
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Rates of entrepreneurship
Replies: 1
Views: 2971

Rates of entrepreneurship

Posted by ""Finn Jackson"" <finn.jackson@tangley.com> Greetings all, Does anybody know of SD work done in the area of ""rates of entrepreneurship"" within an economy? In other words, the key factors affecting the percentage of a population thinking about start...
by Finn Jackson finn.jackson tangle
Fri Jun 10, 2005 12:44 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Wisdom of Crowds
Replies: 13
Views: 11254

Wisdom of Crowds

Posted by ""Finn Jackson"" <finn.jackson@tangley.com> An interesting question, and answers. I can easily see that ""two heads are better than one"". But at what point does the *wisdom* of crowds transform into the *madness* of crowds, and why? (btw: Google fou...