Hairballs & Loops - Why understanding the real world is important (but not easy) 

This is a narrated version of the article "Hairballs & Loops", which was published on lvzon.substack... and on sustainsubstan....
It is the third article in a series, in which I look for better stories on sustainability. Here we continue on the subject of complexity. We look at how we understand the world in terms of cause-and-effect-stories. Causal loops or "feedbacks" can make complex systems harder to understand, but also more robust and more effective. The problem is that we easily get lost in the details of complex systems, while not all details matter.
You can read the accompanying article and check out notes and Further Reading on lvzon.substack... and on sustainsubstan...
Image credits: Io Cooman, Harvey et al. (2010), Buphoff on Wikimedia (CC BY 3.0), Vickie J. Anderson (CC BY-SA 4.0), Bruce Duncan and Robert Stearns.