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The author John Sterman of the article Learning In and About Complex Systems is looking at the greatest eternal challenge of humanity as change Through time and with varying degree of acceleration its magnitude can be incomprehensible thus we struggle to comprehend what has happened and how it come to be as we might be too late before we have the chance to preserve humanity's survival The exponential acceleration of change in growth or decline is real and it all boils down to the question what lies ahead at the end Adams in Sterman 1994 formulated the Law of Acceleration to describe exponential growth brought by Industrial Revolution in technology production and population The experts are concerned of the emergence of new forces and old forces working at different levels defy our efforts to use arithmetical ratios to accurately measure changes and its intended and unintended consequences to humanity The drastic changes in the society according to Sterman would require a new set of optimistic mind or new way of thinking This kind of thinking would put to test how our minds will respond successfully relative to the accelerating changes The advocacy for systems thinking is pushed to develop the ability to see the world as a complex system and recognize the connection of everything to everything else The holistic worldview will eventually find its way to responsively act to the best interest of that system as a whole This kind of thinking they call Systems Thinking Those who are supportive of development of systems thinking believe that it is crucial for survival of humanity
