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Ask HN: What to read after “Thinking in Systems”?
I recently finished thinking in systems and i want to learn more.So i am looking for book reccomendation.If possible any books related to programming and math and systems thinking.
- elviejo79 7y agoThe Fifth Discipline by Senge. Also a great introduction to systems thinking. Also everything written by Goldratt. In particular: The Goal and It's not luck Both are business novels, they read lightly but the lessons are profound.
- el_dev_hell 7y agoThe Goal is both insightful and hilarious. The system-oriented lessons/examples are great. The 80s style dialogues, integrations, and throwbacks are fun sideshows.
- dredmorbius 7y agoTake a look through Brian Castellani's Map of the Complexity Sciences (2018): https://www.art-sciencefactory.com/complexity-map_feb09.html https://www.art-sciencefactory.com/complexity-map_feb09.html
- yash8141 7y agothe map looks magnificent.
- lemony_fresh 7y ago“The Origin of Wealth” is an excellent take on macroeconomics from a complex adaptive systems view.
- lemony_fresh 7y agoAlso recommend this course by Scott Page from the Santa Fe Institute: https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/understanding-complexity.html https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/understanding-comple...
- dredmorbius 7y agoSFI generally is an excellent source of complexity science research and writing. https://www.santafe.edu https://www.santafe.edu
- james_s_tayler 7y agoThe Model Thinker is excellent.
- dredmorbius 7y agoNew Books in Systems and Cybernetics podcast is also a good resouce. https://newbooksnetwork.com/category/systems-and-cybernetics/ https://newbooksnetwork.com/category/systems-and-cybernetics...
- no_identd 7y agoDepends, do you have ~$500 to spare? I ask because the single best book on cybernetics (and I mean it, it feels a tad bit absurd how much better than other works on the topic it seems to me) costs roughly that, isn't available on Libgen, and nobody dares mention it anywhere in fear of driving prices on used copies up, because nobody wants the publisher to get any money for it, cause while they sure charge a lot for it, they actively hampered efforts by the original authors for a new edition of the book. (The rights to it eventually did end up in the right hands - a decade too late.) If you wanna know why we don't see widespread adaption of systems thinking, it seems almost singularly caused by the nega-butterfly effect of that book not sitting on Libgen & having a price tag on it so gigantic people don't even wanna talk about it. So ironic, makes me want to puke.
- dredmorbius 7y agoBrand?
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- no_identd 7y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20229045 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20229045
- yash_8141 7y agook i am curious what is the name of the book?
- no_identd 7y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20229045 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20229045
- webshit155 7y agospill it out niga
- enkiv2 7y agoI'll do you one better, and give you a whole bibliography: http://pcp.vub.ac.be/CSBOOKS.html http://pcp.vub.ac.be/CSBOOKS.html Some of the books on that list aren't readily available, because as cybernetics went out of style they went out of print.
- HiroshiSan 7y agoHey I just bought this book, at the back she gives a great suggested reading list, I encourage you to take a look and pick one that sparks your interest :).
- yash8141 7y agoyes I have seen that but as said in question I am looking some mathy and programming of systems,if not that then something different according to the reader liked.