A batch of the best highlights from what Fabien's read, .
you can see that a system must consist of three kinds of things: elements, interconnections, and a function or purpose.
Thinking in Systems
Donella H. Meadows
For example, a good software engineer, just by writing the right little piece of code and creating the right little application, can literally create half a billion dollars’ worth of value for a company. But ten engineers working ten times as hard, just because they choose the wrong model, the wrong product, wrote it the wrong way, or put in the wrong viral loop, have basically wasted their time. Inputs don’t match outputs, especially for leveraged workers.
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
Eric Jorgenson, Jack Butcher, and Tim Ferriss
SHOSHIN
The greatest obstacle to learning is what you already know. One way to resolve this is to train yourself to temporarily “unlearn” the assumptions you’ve accumulated, approaching learning opportunities with a beginner’s mind, clear & open.