The power and utility of system dynamics depends on going beyond a model to implications and generalizations that can be drawn from the process of modeling. System dynamics papers too often stop with the description of a model. But to be effective, models should become part of a more persuasive communications process that interacts with people's mental models, creates new insights, and unifies knowledge. In doing so, modeling can make use of the full range of available information--the mental data base and the written data base, as well as the numerical data base. The last century has been devoted to exploring the frontier of physical science. During the next century the great frontier will be exploring the dynamic nature of social and economic systems.

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