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The Problematique (Part 1)

Tipping Point: The True Story of "The Limits to Growth"

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The Club of Rome's Prototype of Systems Dynamics

The club of Rome offered Jay two million Deutschmarks, around a quarter of a million dollars. It would be enough to get out an entirely new lab dedicated to systems dynamics with the latest and most powerful mainframe computers. But there was a catch. Aurelio wanted results quickly within just one year. After that the club of Rome intended to set up a permanent think tank in Switzerland to create policy recommendations for the world's governments. For reasons that Jay never made clear but were likely influenced by the prospect of the work moving full time to Switzerland, he declined Aurelio's generous offer to lead the project. Dennis had spent a year bading witness to the problems the club of Roma wanted to

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