Response to System Thinking & GMOs

Which system (type of stakeholder) that Easterbrook identified did you find your own understanding of GMOs most aligned with? Why? What are some of the stakes of these stakeholders?

I find myself aligned with the third system, “A system of ecosystems and contaminants that weaken them” the most. The biggest stake in this system is the irreversible future. Ecosystems are complex systems, and in the past, we had already cost a lot of mistakes (non-native species, culls of species regarded as pests, the DDT that killed bald eagles through an unexpected chain of food cycle….etc). I find anyone who feels confident in denying risk like this extremely arrogant and overly-confident, even if it’s coming from a scientist.

Using your own topic for research, can you Identify 3 stakeholders (groups or phenomenon) with different perspectives, and then describe the system (the stakes) from which they are operating? 

Puppets:

1. Animists – This group of people operates in a system of ethics around the treatment of puppets, as in this belief system, all things have spirit and souls.
2. Puppeteers – This group of people operates in a system to advocate the preservation of tradition and business of Puppetry. There might be a lot more different systems within this system as there are a wide range of culturally different practices of puppetry throughout the world
3. Parents and Educators – This group of people is the audience of the puppetry, or more the people who decided whether the children should be exposed to puppetry and learn things through puppetry (e.g. Sesame Street and other storytelling performances using puppets). There might be studies and research done on the use of puppetry and its impact on children’s development, which parents and educators might take into consideration when exposing children to puppetry.