A system is a set of things – people, cells, molecules, or whatever – interconnected in such a way that they… — Donella H. Meadows
A system is a set of things – people, cells, molecules, or whatever – interconnected in such a way that they produce their own pattern of behavior over time. [...] The system, to a large extent, causes its own behavior!
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