Many who espouse systems thinking call themselves humanists, placing human beings and human social systems at the forefront of their efforts. In the early 21st century, the anthropocene was introduced as a new geological epoch, in recognition that the most significant impacts shaping the Earth’s atmosphere comes from human activity. Can human beings share our world more equitably with other living beings, or will our nature lead to a tragic outcomes of our own making?
For the April 2022 session of Systems Thinking Ontario, David Ing reviewed some prereadings for a shared foundational context. David L. Hawk was then invited to lead a discussion on the Systems Approach and its Enemies.
The conversation amongst participants was recorded, as an open discussion across a variety of perspectives.
This video available on Youtube has also been archived on the Internet Archive .
| Video | H.264 MP4 |
| April 11 (1h37m) |
[20220411_ST-ON HumanismAnthropoceneEnemiesSystemsApproach Ing_Hawk.m4v] (HDPlus 726kbps 627MB) [on the Internet Archive] |
Audio downloadable onto mobile devices was transcoded from the video into MP3.
| Audio | |
| April 11 (1h37m) |
[20220411_ST-ON HumanismAnthropoceneEnemiesSystemsApproach Ing_Hawk.mp3] (92.9MB) |
Social systems thinking is part of systems thinking. However, systems thinking could have a stronger appreciation of more than just human systems.
Here is the original Systems Thinking Ontario session description.
Humanism is “most generally, any philosophy concerned to emphasize human welfare and dignity, and either optimistic about the powers of human reason, or at least insistent that we have no alternative but to use it as best we can” (Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy).… Read more (in a new tab)
Many who espouse systems thinking call themselves humanists, placing human beings and human social systems at the forefront of their efforts. In the early 21st century, the anthropocene was introduced as a new geological epoch, in recognition that the most significant impacts shaping the Earth’s atmosphere comes from human activity. Can human beings share our world more equitably with other living beings, or will our nature lead to a tragic outcomes of our own making?
For the April 2022 session of Systems Thinking Ontario, David Ing reviewed some prereadings for a shared foundational context. David L. Hawk was then invited to lead a discussion on the Systems Approach and its Enemies.
The conversation amongst participants was recorded, as an open discussion across a variety of perspectives.
This video available on Youtube has also been archived on the Internet Archive .
| Video | H.264 MP4 |
| April 11 (1h37m) |
[20220411_ST-ON HumanismAnthropoceneEnemiesSystemsApproach Ing_Hawk.m4v] (HDPlus 726kbps 627MB) [on the Internet Archive] |
Audio downloadable onto mobile devices was transcoded from the video into MP3.
| Audio | |
| April 11 (1h37m) |
[20220411_ST-ON HumanismAnthropoceneEnemiesSystemsApproach Ing_Hawk.mp3] (92.9MB) |
Social systems thinking is part of systems thinking. However, systems thinking could have a stronger appreciation of more than just human systems.
Here is the original Systems Thinking Ontario session description.
Humanism is “most generally, any philosophy concerned to emphasize human welfare and dignity, and either optimistic about the powers of human reason, or at least insistent that we have no alternative but to use it as best we can” (Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy).… Read more (in a new tab)
