[scotty79]

> The author barely offers a definition of "systems thinking", only names one person to represent it, and then claims to refute the whole discipline based on a single incorrect prediction and the fact that government is bad at software projects.

All valid criticisms, but somehow it sounds exactly like something a member of inept bureaucracy would say.

[samstokes]

This seems lazy. It's ad hominem but not even, since you don't know what inept bureaucracy I am defending. Is there any argument that you couldn't level this accusation at?

[scotty79]

Apologies. It wasn't intended as ad hominem. I was just describing general vibe of your comment, at least how I perceived it.

When inept bureaucracy is put in the spotlight usually someone pops up to defend how much of important work they are doing and how the things they deal with are just so complicated. And how criticisms are unfair and unfounded.