Curt says,
One of the critical ramifications of the science of complexity is that the
trajectory of a system may be understood to be momentarily bounded (as
with a "strange attractor"), but it is not predictable. Thus, I may be
able to learn how my work *has* multiplied or leveraged the power of
others, but perhaps not how my work will multiply or leverage the power of
others in the future. This seems to be a critical difference between the
systems perspective as outlined by Senge, and the so-called new science.
This is true for systems _in_ -- or very near -- the state of chaos. It
may be that most systems are not that close to chaos, and therefore, some
amount of predictability is possible.
--Rol Fessenden LL Bean, Inc. 76234.3636@compuserve.com
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