copied from: Gene Bellinger (Shifting the Burden Archetype | Insight Maker)
A shifting the burden structure occurs when there are different ways to address a situation. With one approach being easier, faster, and requiring fewer resources, which do you think gets pursued? The problem is that taking the easier path ensures one will have to take the easier path repeatedly, and makes it harder to pursue the long-term better solution. See also
Archetypes.
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From Fig 1.1 p11 Pigliucci M and Muller GB (2010) Evolution: The Extended Synthesis
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This model
shows the basic functioning and dynamics of a 'modern monetary system'.
The non-government
sectors, consisting of the private and foreign sectors initial y starts with
zero currency units. It is important to realize that after creating a new currency the government
must first spend currency units into the economy before they can be used:
without currency units the private sector could not even pay taxes! A government
that has its own freely floating currency can create a much money as it wants.
It does not need tax receipts to finance its spending, and any money it spends into
the economy above that collected in taxes represents income for the private
sector. The model show that the government initially created 9 trillion money units,
but spent only six trillion into the economy. The six trillion showed up as a government
deficit but as wealth in the non-government sector.
Since the government
can create as many money units as it wishes and transfer them to
the private sector to ensure an adequate
level of demand in the in the economy, austerity is unnecessary: money is available,
though real resource may be scarce. This also shows that the government can
contribute actively towards the creation of prosperity.
Please note that this model was originally
created by Gene Bellinger, IM 3206, from which this version was cloned.
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Causal loop summary stimulated by Nate Osgood's 2026 Youtube Video, Design
and Implementation of a Generalized Algebraic Theory for Dimensional Stock and
Flow Models, based on my gemini interaction May 2026 using Gene Bellinger's AI prompts
Systems Science Methods and Category Theory
Abstract
High altitude environments challenge the physiology of
mammals mainly due to hypoxic conditions. As a response to this, many mammals
show molecular adaptations e.g. by mutations in the genes encoding the hemoglobins.
This can result in an increase O2 affinity (and thereby a
leftshifted O2 dissociation curve) which will enhance the pulmonary
loading of O2. However, the shift can also hamper the O2 unloading
process to the metabolic tissue. To elucidate this trade-off between loading and
unloading a numerical computer model was made in the program Insigt maker based
on the organism, deer mouse (
Peromyscus
maniculatus). The numerical solution was calculated by the Runge-Kutta
method. A time step (dt) of 0.00001 was chosen, as the results were independent
of dt at this value. This was tested by investigating the residual values of an
interval of dt around 0.00001. The model showed how the trade-off is expressed
at different altitudes and how the degree of advantages/disadvantages varies.
Based on the model it can be suggested that the trade-off is beneficial, when
the hypoxia is severe at high altitude. This is consistent with previously
findings.
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From the Plausibility of life book esp p 220-227
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This is a stock-flow consistent model, namely the simplest (SIM) model with government money. I have added imports and exports and an exchange rate which has an influence on consumption demand via real disposable income and real foreign demand.
Godley/Lavoie (2006), chapter 3
(I had to change the equation for consumption demand. The disposable income now enters with a time lag of one period. Otherwise the model would be recursive and would not work in Insight Maker. Thanks to Gene for support.)designed by Dirk Ehnts (blog)
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copied from: Gene Bellinger (Success to the Successful Archetype | Insight Maker)
Success to the successful archetype represents two reinforcing structures which may be in a delicate balance though as soon as one gains a small advantage the resource allocation favors the more successful and the result is then rapidly skewed in the direction of the more successful. See also
Archetypes.
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New Learning tend to reduce Outdated Thinking, Communicating & Learning though our Outdated Thinking, Communicating & Learning inhibits new learning. The question is then how do we break this cycle. Adopted from "An Introduction to Systems Thinking with STELLA" by Barry Richmond.
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Unfolding WIP of Eric Wolstenholme's explanation of hospital congestion from March 2022 Youtube video and online stella presentation. Use of cascading interlinked archetypes. See Kumu version, early discharge boundaries IM for an earlier version and Generic Archetypes IM from Gene and Simpler Version IM
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Causal loop diagram provided by Gene Bellinger in Projects folder using his AI prompts for Gemini. See also World 2 simulation insight
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New Learning tend to reduce Outdated Thinking, Communicating & Learning though our Outdated Thinking, Communicating & Learning inhibits new learning. The question is then how do we break this cycle. Adopted from "An Introduction to Systems Thinking with STELLA" by Barry Richmond.
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New Learning tend to reduce Outdated Thinking, Communicating & Learning though our Outdated Thinking, Communicating & Learning inhibits new learning. The question is then how do we break this cycle. Adopted from "An Introduction to Systems Thinking with STELLA" by Barry Richmond.
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From Jennifer Prah Ruger (2010) Health Capability Conceptualization and Operationalization Am J Public Health 100 p41-49 available from SSRN. Extends Insight 779 with Dahlgren and Whitehead's Sunrise Diagram of Social Determinants of Health added. See also wikipedia Capability Approach
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Grimm's ODD and Nate Osgood's ABM Modeling Process and Courses
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New Learning tend to reduce Outdated Thinking, Communicating & Learning though our Outdated Thinking, Communicating & Learning inhibits new learning. The question is then how do we break this cycle. Adopted from "An Introduction to Systems Thinking with STELLA" by Barry Richmond.
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WIP for SD representation of evolution From Mobus website and SJ Gould's big book
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Thoughts on why it's not possible to sell systems thinking, or anything else to a person or an organization.
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Gene Bellinger's version (AI assisted) of how to overcome short term reductionist problem solving and defensive behaviors common in human organizations See his AMA project
folder1 and
folder2 for more details
Compare with Chris Argyris IM
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Grimm's ODD and Nate Osgood's ABM Modeling Process and Courses See also Pattern Oriented Modelling IM-3834
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A system diagram for the Mojave Desert including example socio-economic factors for an assignment at OSU- RNG 341.
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