PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 16: CONNECTING THE SPECKLES The Romans and the Knife

"In 1970, the Club of Rome invited Forrester to investigate interconnected global problems through computer simulation."

Forrester recalls his invitation to a Club of Rome meeting in Bern in June 1970 and a subsequent meeting with its executive committee at MIT in July. The problems discussed there became the basis for World Dynamics, connecting his system-dynamics research to the Club's interest in long-term global development.

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