The time has come to wind this blogging up. I had thought I would try the "rethinking everything" approach, but I've realized that blogging isn't a particularly good conduit. The audience is quite small now, the departed were interested in activity but I just can't keep that pace going.
The plan now is to devote everything to writing books and research papers. I've just sent off my last manuscript to Springer and no sooner got it uploaded when I got inspired for yet another book! It will be about systems science and thinking, of course but more about applying systems to real world problems.
I will leave this blog archive alive. I pay a small monthly fee so that you don''t have to deal with advertising. Nor have I asked any readers to support me through one of the on-line services. But I will eventually stop payments and the archive will, presumably disappear. The only reason I mention this is in case anyone cares to go back through the hundreds of posts and download any. I recently took a look at some of the earliest blogs on a number of topics and though I'm admittedly biased, they seemed to have aged well. Still relevant.
So my thanks to all my loyal, long-time readers. Thanks for the many comments and discussions. It's been a trip.
Regards all,
George