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As initially proposed by Pr. William M White of Cornell University:

http://www.geo.cornell.edu/eas/education/course/descr/EAS302/302_06Lab11.pdf

http://www.eas.cornell.edu/

Global Carbon Cycle

France Caron

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Causal loop diagram using Gene Bellinger's mc and mr prompts added in Feb2026 based on gemini interaction around Philip Ball's 2023 article What distinguishes the elephant from E. coli: Causal spreading and the biological principles of metazoan complexity. See also How life works book summary insight

How Life Works Article Summary

Geoff McDonnell

last week

A Tragedy of the Commons situation exists whenever two or more activities, each, which in order to produce results, rely on a shared limited resource. Results for these activities continue to develop as long as their use of the limited resource doesn't exceed the resource limit. Once this limit is reached the results produced by each activity are limited to the level at which the resource is replenished. See also Archetypes.

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And? Understanding Relationships & Their Implications.

Tragedy of the Commons

Gene Bellinger

49 9 months ago

A visual look at using technology in school based on the article:

Levin, B. B., & Schrum, L. (2013). Using systems thinking to leverage technology for school improvement: Lessons learned from award-winning secondary Schools/Districts. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 46(1), 29-51.

Using Systems thinking for technology in education

Rob koch

Illegal immigration exercise from textbook. Formation of a Loop Diagram based on the information given, and the insights made by myself on the rate of illegal immigration into the US. Exercise in Boardman and Sauser, Section 4.2, #3 (Figure 4.7, p. 76 - causal loop diagram indicating plausible relationships between key variables related to the problem of illegal immigration in the United States).

CausalLoopDiagramExercise - Immigration

Chris Angelis

Simulating Hyperinflation for 3650 days.

If private bond holdings are going down and the government is running a big deficit then the central bank has to monetize bonds equal to the deficit plus the decrease in private bond holdings. We don't show the details of the central bank buying bonds here, just the net results.

See blog at http://howfiatdies.blogspot.com for more on hyperinflation, including a hyperinflation FAQ.

Hyperinflation Simulation

Vincent Cate