It's important to understand that the aim of systems isn't to predict things but to understand potential mechanisms. The fact that certain scenarios that the C

It's important to understand that the aim of systems isn't to predict things but to understand potential mechanisms. The fact that certain scenarios that the Club of Rome anticipated seemed to not come true also unveiled new mechanisms to us. Predictions can't be the benchmark, we are simply not advanced enough in the science for that. Certainly the social sciences, like economics, should understand that best. Economics has hardly been able to predict anything.