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Posted by ""Schuette, Wade"" <wschuett@jhsph.edu> Tom and Jean-Jacques discuss parastism and I'll toss in a few comments. I recall from Artificial Life simulation literature that parasitism is a very successful strategy in essentially all virtual worlds, and occurs quite rapidly....

Posted by ""Schuette, Wade"" <wschuett@jhsph.edu> Well, Jim, I have to respectfully suggest a fine-tuning to your broad assertion about change and evolution. John Holland (creator of genetic algorithms) taught a complex adapative systems course here at Michigan, and he asserted t...

Posted by ""Schuette, Wade"" <wschuett@jhsph.edu> OK, I realize that suggesting we look at more powerful collaborative tools instantly generates policy resistance, because surely they are too hard to use. Nope. 37Signals has done an astoundingly good job of making software that's...

Posted by ""Schuette, Wade"" <wschuett@jhsph.edu> Two comments: 1) In terms of progress (slow, but progress): ""Systems Thinking"" made it in 2006 to being an explicit section of the Master of Public Health Core Competency list of the American Schools of Publi...

Posted by ""Schuette, Wade"" <wschuett@jhsph.edu> Bill Braun asked why organizations don't function well. That seems worthy of a thread. I'll suggest that two requirements of a thriving organism or organization are that it be in touch with itself, and it be in touch with reality....

Posted by ""Schuette, Wade"" <wschuett@jhsph.edu> I agree with Bill (below) and expand one comment. I used to run an executive intelligence group at Cornell University that various VP's would come to for answers to questions they had, where the data or proxies for the data were s...

Posted by ""Schuette, Wade"" <wschuett@jhsph.edu> The New York Times had an accessible article this morning on a very large study that confirmed the incredibly inconvenient concept that genes don't act alone with single functions, but act in systems. (my terms). I have some refer...

Posted by ""Schuette, Wade"" <wschuett@jhsph.edu> Without excluding other excellent avenues, I second the general thought of John Gunkler that ""expert modelers presenting fully developed models"" are not the only way to influence policy. In my own experience,...

Posted by ""Schuette, Wade"" <wschuett@jhsph.edu> Richard - Can you share your vision for where you see the SD group going, and how? Would a SD working professional sub-group meet your needs? Anyone - Is the listserver mail archived somewhere searchable? [ it is at http://www.ven...

Posted by ""Schuette, Wade"" <wschuett@jhsph.edu> Even one stock may be sufficient to make a point, and we know many bright people can't figure out if the bathtub is going to fill or empty with competing inflow and outflow. But, if we apply that level thinking to the SD field its...

Posted by ""Schuette, Wade"" <wschuett@jhsph.edu> Jim, I'm continuing a campaign to get ""systems thinking"" operationalized within the public health policy circles in the US. Here's a post from my weblog (""Perspectives in Public Health"")...