Systems Thinking
Discussions center on systems thinking, complex systems theory, and challenges in understanding or managing highly complex systems that exceed human cognitive limits, with frequent references to Systemantics, complex adaptive systems, and system dynamics.
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Take a look at Systems Thinking: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_thinking
Sounds like your describing complex systems thoery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_system
I think that it's because we don't yet have appropriate mental models to think about systems of such complexity.
Could you quote a non-trivial "systems thinking" theorem or tool such that, by knowing it, I will be able to solve a problem I couldn't solve before?
how about the possibility that the whole system's complexity outgrow our abilities to manage the system for the moment?
Indeed! Gall's SYSTEMANTICS [1] is worth a read in its entirety.[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemantics
The study of Complex Adaptive Systems can provide a lot of insight.
Could this be related?System Dynamicshttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_dynamics
If you're interested to learn about systems and complexity in a humanities style: https://unintendedconsequenc.es/blog/
Large complex systems don't work.