# A Lifetime of Systems Thinking - The Systems Thinker

<https://thesystemsthinker.com/a-lifetime-of-systems-thinking/>

- Host: [thesystemsthinker.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/thesystemsthinker.com/)
- Saved: June 10, 2021 (2021-06-10T11:42:38Z)
- Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e479b2b9ddeb/
- JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e479b2b9ddeb.json

## What Jamie wrote

Some reflections from [Russel Ackoff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_L._Ackoff) at 80.

> Systems thinking not only erases the boundaries between the points of view that define the sciences and professions, it also erases the boundary between science and the humanities. Science, I believe, consists of the search for similarities among things that are apparently different; the humanities consist of the search for differences among things that are apparently similar. Science and the humanities are the head and tail of reality—viewable separately, but not separable. It is for this reason that I have come to refer to the study of systems as part of the “scianities.”

A lot fo things in this that will make you think. 🤔

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Appears in

- [WT190: Weekly Thing #190 / WWDC, Passport, Roll](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/190/), Notable

## Same host

- [The Systems Thinker – Moving from Blame to Accountability - The Systems Thinker](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/47a049691eea/) (thesystemsthinker.com, August 30, 2017)
- [Organizations as Learning Systems](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/78e2580f471b/) (thesystemsthinker.com, March 22, 2022)

## Saved the same week

- [iOS and iPadOS 15: The MacStories Overview - MacStories](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/15ab7ce0d91f/) (macstories.net, June 10, 2021)
- [macOS Monterey: The MacStories Overview - MacStories](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/bb43a4c7d925/) (macstories.net, June 10, 2021)
- [WWDC 2021: Shortcuts for Mac – Six Colors](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/65453a717ef3/) (sixcolors.com, June 10, 2021)
- [Playdate Update — 6/8/2021 - YouTube](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/ef108c062db7/) (youtube.com, June 10, 2021)
- [The Modern Trap of Feeling Obligated to Turn Hobbies Into Hustles](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/0505998d4bf1/) (repeller.com, June 10, 2021)

## Elsewhere

- Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://thesystemsthinker.com/a-lifetime-of-systems-thinking/