Quotes from Meadows — Donella Meadows
1941–2001 United States
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Models can easily become so complex that they are impenetrable, unexaminable, and virtually unalterable.
Meadows (1980)
Calculating how much carbon is absorbed by which forests and farms is a tricky task, especially when politicians do it.
Meadows (2000)
The world is a complex, interconnected, finite, ecological–social–psychological–economic system. We treat it as if it were not, as if it were divisible, separable, simple, and infinite. Our persistent, intractable global problems arise directly from this mismatch.
Meadows (1982)