The body is a complex system, and so are a family, a business and a set of beliefs. The environment itself is a very complex system and one we need to understand much better than we do, as pollution makes many regions unpleasant at best, uninhabitable at worse, and experts argue about the global impact of industrial development. As our world is becoming increasingly interconnected, so distant events are able to disturb our lives. Tension in the Middle East appears in the local garage as in increase in the price of petrol. Policy changes at governmental level affects our jobs.
Intangible rumours can change neighbourhood property prices.
We live as a system in a world of systems. To make sense of it we need systems thinking skills. Experts and politicians who are called to solve problems of pollution an economies often make the situation worse, although with the best of intentions. Ever more information is available, but there is less guidance about what is useful. Without this discrimination, more information is simply confusing.