Stock and Flow (2010)
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Stock and Flow (2010)
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#2Relevant essay when thinking about stocks & flows in a system: http://donellameadows.org/archives/leverage-points-places-to...
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#3Relevant essay when thinking about stocks & flows in a system: http://donellameadows.org/archives/leverage-points-places-to...
That was a beautiful read. After a few link hops from Donella Meadows ... it seems there was a programming language to visualize flows -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DYNAMO_(programming_language)
I came across stocks and flows a couple of years back and it certainly changed my thinking. Interestingly this is something we sorta commonly use in backend dashboards to understand the behavior of the system, especially with regards to data. I always thought there ought to be some similar ways to envision economy with this and I find infographics trying to bridge the gap albeit still static though.
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#4Relevant essay when thinking about stocks & flows in a system: http://donellameadows.org/archives/leverage-points-places-to...
Good article (or so I've heard, Leverage Points is still on my reading list) but worth noting that Robin Sloan is talking about a different sort of stock and flow. His usage is more akin to long-form evergreen media versus in-the-moment short-form content (e.g., tweets) and striking a balance between the two.
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#5Relevant essay when thinking about stocks & flows in a system: http://donellameadows.org/archives/leverage-points-places-to...
That was a beautiful read. After a few link hops from Donella Meadows ... it seems there was a programming language to visualize flows - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DYNAMO_(programming_language) I came across stocks and flows a couple of years back and it certainly changed my thinking. Interestingly this is something we sorta commonly use in backend dashboards to understand the behavior of the system, especially wi…
You may be interested in reading more about system dynamics. There are a number of good books out there:
- Thinking in Systems, also by Meadows
- Business Dynamics, by Sterman (slowly working through this)
- Strategic Modelling and Business Dynamics, by Morecroft
- General Systems Thinking, by Weinberg (on Leanpub you can get the PDFs, it's 4 books there, as I recall the first two were published as one book when it was published as a paper book)
Re: Stock and Flow (2010)
#6Relevant essay when thinking about stocks & flows in a system: http://donellameadows.org/archives/leverage-points-places-to...
That was a beautiful read. After a few link hops from Donella Meadows ... it seems there was a programming language to visualize flows - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DYNAMO_(programming_language) I came across stocks and flows a couple of years back and it certainly changed my thinking. Interestingly this is something we sorta commonly use in backend dashboards to understand the behavior of the system, especially wi…
There are a few startups around trying to web-ify Systems Dynamics. I've been meaning to play with Sheetless: https://sheetless.io/
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#7Relevant essay when thinking about stocks & flows in a system: http://donellameadows.org/archives/leverage-points-places-to...
That was a beautiful read. After a few link hops from Donella Meadows ... it seems there was a programming language to visualize flows - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DYNAMO_(programming_language) I came across stocks and flows a couple of years back and it certainly changed my thinking. Interestingly this is something we sorta commonly use in backend dashboards to understand the behavior of the system, especially wi…
This post by Will Larson (author of the engineering management book, An Elegant Puzzle, which was published by Stripe Press) mentions some tools for system modeling with feedback loops: https://lethain.com/systems-thinking/.
Might be interesting to you based on the above.
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#9Another classic Snarkmarket post is Bless the Toolmakers: http://snarkmarket.com/2011/7320
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
That was a beautiful read. After a few link hops from Donella Meadows ... it seems there was a programming language to visualize flows - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DYNAMO_(programming_language) I came across stocks and flows a couple of years back and it certainly changed my thinking. Interestingly this is something we sorta commonly use in backend dashboards to understand the behavior of the system, especially wi…
You may be interested in reading more about system dynamics. There are a number of good books out there: - Thinking in Systems , also by Meadows - Business Dynamics , by Sterman (slowly working through this) - Strategic Modelling and Business Dynamics , by Morecroft - General Systems Thinking , by Weinberg (on Leanpub you can get the PDFs, it's 4 books there, as I recall the first two were published as one book when…
I've found Business Dynamics by Sterman to be the best all-round System Dynamics book in my collection (I have three of the above, excluding Weinberg's).
Meadows is interesting and a quick read, but shallow. Morecroft is a thorough read and a decent alternative to Sterman's if you can't get it. But Sterman's really is the best textbook.