Source: Putting systems to work (1992), p. 63 Cited in: Lars Skyttner (2005) General Systems Theory: Problems, Perspectives, Practice. p. 103
“When the rate of change outside exceeds the rate of change inside, the end is in sight.”
Variant: If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near.
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