[marcosdumay]

This article is not a complaint about system dynamics. The complaint is about the "mysticizing" part.

If you look at the first example, it's a person that mimicked all the procedures and jargon of system thinking, while ignoring all of the most fundamental knowledge of the area. In particular, the most fundamental insight about humane systems - that the system reacts to the optimization - goes so over the person's head that there isn't even a whoosh.

System dynamics is good, and very useful. But you have to understand it to apply it.

[catlifeonmars]

The article clearly lays out two complaints, the first is “mysticism”, the second is “mechanization”. Personally I don’t think there’s anything particularly problematic with the latter model.