“The idea of a ‘system approach’ is both quite popular and quite unpopular. It’s popular because it sounds good to say that the whole system is being considered, but it’s quite unpopular because it sounds either like a lot of nonsense or else downright dangerous – so much evil can be created under the guise of serving the whole.”

—  C. West Churchman

Source: 1960s - 1970s, The Systems Approach (1968), p. 11

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American philosopher and systems scientist 1913–2004

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