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

"World Dynamics explored how population, industry, food production, pollution and finite resources affected one another over time."

Forrester's 1971 book presents a computer model of interacting global variables, including population, industrial capital, agriculture, pollution and natural resources. It is a primary example of the attempt to represent complex economic and environmental feedback relationships through mathematical simulation.

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