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The Problematique (Part 1)

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

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The Importance of Industrial Dynamics

In the early 1950s, Jay had been working as a consultant to General Electric in its engineering department. He used his expertise in building feedback control systems to create a map of all the elements in general electric business and show how they were dynamically connected over time. Later, a chance encounter with the maid of Boston led him to apply this new approach to cities.

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