As the systems which form the fabric of modern society become more
complex and more interdependent, the need for the understanding of
the behavior of such systems becomes increasingly more essential.
What are the causes and possible cures for the worldwide inflation
which is posing a serious threat to the economic stability and
social order of both developed and underdeveloped countries? What
are the trade-offs between the urgent need for additional sources
of energy and the risks posed by the proliferation of nuclear
reactors? How can one devise mass transportation systems which are
fast, comforta ble, convenient, and yet not prohibitively
expensive? These issues are but some of the more visible problems
posed by what might be called the crisis of undercoordination--a
crisis rooted in the widen ing gap between the degree of
interdependence in the systems of modern society and the degree of
coordination which libertarian societies are willing to tolerate.
The disquieting implication of this crisis is that to achieve
stability through coordination may necessitate the imposition of
pervasive controls which may be hard to accept by societies steeped
in the democratic tradition. Viewed in this perspective, the need
for developing a better understanding of the behavior of
large-scale societal systems presents a problem of much more than
purely academic importance."
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