As our research related to sustainability has progressed, we have realized that knowledge is
not the prime problem. We believe that the ruling paradigm of science, engineering and
policy needs to be critically evaluated. This paradigm holds that everything can be reduced
to the tiniest particles which interact in a clockwork-like fashion. However, new discoveries
have lead to the concept of 'systems thinking'. Systems thinking is particularly important in
dealing with our environmental problems and other large-scale open-ended problems. But …