“We are too fascinated by the events they [systems] generate. We pay too little attention to their history. And we are insufficiently skilled at seeing in their history clues to the structure from which behavior and events flow.” - Donella Meadows
This article reminded me of Donella Meadows' work - specifically how we get trapped focusing on events (velocity numbers, injuries) and trends (seasonal improvements) while missing the underlying system structure that generates them.
This is why inside-out mental models of special strengths matter because they make us pay attention to the inside of the systems (athletes).
That enables us to filter those events through this inside-out lens and use it as a feedback loop for understanding the specific work the neurology and biology is outputting...Are conjugating ecologically or not? Are the athletes training the bottom element of reactive strength that is getting sore after dynamic efforts of pitching?
Thinking ecologically enables us as programmers to escape the too fascinated by output event and gives us information flow for how to behave with our programming decisions !
“We are too fascinated by the events they [systems] generate. We pay too little attention to their history. And we are insufficiently skilled at seeing in their history clues to the structure from which behavior and events flow.” - Donella Meadows
This article reminded me of Donella Meadows' work - specifically how we get trapped focusing on events (velocity numbers, injuries) and trends (seasonal improvements) while missing the underlying system structure that generates them.
Yes !
This is why inside-out mental models of special strengths matter because they make us pay attention to the inside of the systems (athletes).
That enables us to filter those events through this inside-out lens and use it as a feedback loop for understanding the specific work the neurology and biology is outputting...Are conjugating ecologically or not? Are the athletes training the bottom element of reactive strength that is getting sore after dynamic efforts of pitching?
Thinking ecologically enables us as programmers to escape the too fascinated by output event and gives us information flow for how to behave with our programming decisions !
Donella Matthews knew what she was talking about!