I have been thinking about how systems work together in non obvious ways. When you trace how two or more systems work together, you start to see patterns.
To take just one example among many, consider fresh food in your house. What allows you to have fresh food at home?
At least two different systems work together to make this happen. Either one alone would not be sufficient.
The electrical grid makes it possible for you to have a refrigerator. To you it’s very simple. You just plug in your fridge and voila!
But behind the scenes there is a complex system of distribution and delivery, developed and refined over many decades.
But that is not sufficient. The food needs to get to your house. Which it does, of course, by car or truck.
Seems simple enough. But behind that car or truck is an incredibly complex system of roads, highways, gas stations, oil fields, and a million little details that make personal transportation possible.
The next time you take a fresh container of milk out of your fridge, you might give a moment of thanks for technological systems that work together.
And, of course, the food system – growing that food.
Excellent example!!!