βTheoryβ might sound drily intellectual, but actually the systems perspective is a holistic way of reflecting on the world, which involves the whole of our being: in recent research, the mind is not separate from the body, nor from feelings.
Systems are not fated to acquire a runaway βbadβ dynamic, it is possible for them to function sustainably. To understand this, systems theory suggests two complementary conceptual approaches: [[thermodynamics]] and [[information]]. Information applies to internal structure, the extent to which an ensemble βmakes senseβ and functions coherently. Thermodynamics addresses the energy flows.
β [[The Entropy of Capitalism]]
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