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Line 92: {{quote\|A city council decision might be to change the goal of the lake from making it a free facility for public and private use, to a more [[ecotourism\|tourist]] oriented facility or a [[Conservation ethic\|conservation]] area. That goal change will effect several of the above leverage points: information on water quality will become mandatory and legal punishment will be set for any illegal effluent.}} === 2. Mindset or paradigm that the system — its goals, structure, rules, delays, parameters — arises ~~out of~~from === A ~~society~~societal paradigm is an idea, ana shared unstated assumption ~~that everyone shares, thoughts~~, or ~~states~~a system of ~~thoughts~~thought that ~~are~~is ~~sources~~the foundation of ~~systems~~complex social structures. Paradigms are very hard to change, but there are no limits to paradigm change. Meadows indicates paradigms might be changed by repeatedly and consistently pointing out anomalies and failures in the current paradigm to those with open minds. :''A current paradigm is "Nature is a stock of resources to be converted to human purpose". What might happen to the lake were this collective idea changed ?''

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