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Double Disappointment and Double Solution (by Dialectical Systems Theory and Sustainable Socially Responsible Society Model)

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In my young times I came across two professional disappointments: my professors of economics and business spoke about the desired goals of human activities and about the hierarchy of subordination, instead of well-grounded goals and interdisciplinary cooperation in process-steps/succession hierarchy and interdependence. Then I learned to know systems theory and my second disappointment was its prevailing limitation to using the word system instead of the word denoting what was covered under the word system, more concretely, e.g. house, hospital, mister So and So, electrical installation, market place, social order, method, etc. My first solution was my Dialectical Systems Theory as a methodology of systemic, i.e. as holistic as possible and necessary, called requisitely holistic, behavior. My second solution was using my Dialectical Systems Theory for my perception of the Social Responsibility concept, leading to the sustainable socially responsible society model, i.e. as a non-technological innovation process aimed at humankind’s search for the way out from the global socio-economic crisis caused by the globally prevailing neoliberalism’s monopolies destroying both market and democracy and natural precondition of humankind’s survival, to the benefit of a very small percentage of the current humankind. MOTTO: Thinking is the most important human behavior (De Bono (2005 & 2006) Šest klobukov razmišljanja.(in Slovene; Six Thinking Hats).Ljubljana: New Moment (In: New Moment, 28, all-journal issue)(Original ‘Six Thinking Hats’ published in 1985; new Slovene publication in 2021) ). Let us make things as simple as possible, but no more (Wikipedia on Einstein). The General Systems Theory was created against over-specialization (Bertalanffy (1968, edition 1979): General Systems Theory. Foundations, Development, Applications. Revised Edition. Sixth Printing. Braziller, New York.): VII). Cybernetics resulted from interdisciplinary creative cooperation of Norbert Wiener (Wikipedia on Norbert Wiener). Both Bertalanffy (philosophy, arts history, theoretical biology) and Wiener (mathematics, philosophy, zoology) were interdisciplinary personalities, others need teams in creative interdisciplinary cooperative work, to follow them. Hence, systems theory, systemic thinking and systemic behavior cover, like bridges, areas left un-covered by other/usual sciences and practices, in order to help humans to overcome the lack of holism of approach and wholeness of outcomes, in order to resolve resulting failures, reaching all way to world wars and destroyed natural preconditions and conditions of humankind’s survival. Who tries, may lose; who does not try, has lost already.

N.B. This is my only single-authored text since my B.S., M.S. and both Ph.D. theses; I am now matching this opportunity initiative to write it up.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    In 2021, the economic consequences of the global medical crisis (new corona, Covid-19) include something crucial: J. M. Keynes' theory of state capitalism is replacing the monopolistic neoliberalism, both in EU and USA with the new economic recovery plans—with no laud opposition (e.g., see [13,14,15]). This is much more systemic and socially responsible behavior.

  2. 2.

    Slovene media reported in the last days of April 2021, that Slovenia consumed in 4 months as much of natural resources as she should in 12 months. The richer class of USA did so in 3 months. Thus, the planet Earth is being killed by humankind, due to its/our lack of systemic SSR behavior. At the same time media reported that the German court proclaimed such behavior unconstitutional because it puts too much burden on the younger and coming generations. (Hopefully, this opens door for the new practice and humankind’s survival).

  3. 3.

    On 11 June 2021, while I was working on this text, Prof. Dr. (multiple) Edward de Bono died at age of 88. My daughter Nastja and myself will do all we can to keep his precious knowledge being practiced further.

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    Matjaž Mulej

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  3. IASCYS International Academy for Cybernetic and Systems Sciences (Honorary establishing president), Pau, France

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Mulej, M. (2022). Double Disappointment and Double Solution (by Dialectical Systems Theory and Sustainable Socially Responsible Society Model). In: Shi, P., Stefanovski, J., Kacprzyk, J. (eds) Complex Systems: Spanning Control and Computational Cybernetics: Foundations. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 414. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99776-2_4

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