Multi Screen Scheme of Thinking

Multi Screen Scheme of Thinking (System Operator)

• Altshuler's method is a powerful modeling tool
• It involves three stages and nine screens
• It's a simplification of patterns.
• Thought encompasses multiple levels (super-system, etc.)
• Systems should be viewed from various perspectives (past, present, and future).
• Altshuler's method considers the broader biosphere beyond a leaf or a tree.
• Thinking about a system's evolution includes its past, present and future states.
• Systems are complex and dynamic, demanding a comprehensive model.

System Operator Components

• Structure of system and its hierarchical levels (system, subsystems, supersystems, environment)
• Impact and interaction of structured elements
• Dynamics of systems at all levels – evolutionary development
• Account and use of anti-systems, anti-function, and anti-action

Axes or Dimensions of the Classical Systems Operator

• Hierarchy axis: ability to see an element (system) within a selected hierarchy system.
• Time axis: the ability to see an element within time (past, present, future), and how the past influence present and future.
• Anti-system axis: understanding and using the opposites (their combinations and interactions) in a system

Hierarchy (Systems) Axis Example - Personal Computer

• System: Personal computer
• Subsystems: System unit, input/output devices (keyboard, mouse, monitor, printer/scanner, camera)
• Subsystem components: Processor, motherboard, video card, memory, hard drive, sound card, network card, power supply
• Supersystem: Computer networks
• Super-super system: World Wide Web, Internet
• External Environment: Environment where the computer is in use

Hierarchy (Systems) Axis Example - Telephone

• System: Telephone
• Subsystems: Microphone, earphone, keyboard, display memory
• Subsystem components: Components making up the microphone earphone
• Supersystem: PBX, telephone network
• Super-super system: Regional and global telephone network
• External Environment: Room, air

Hierarchy (Systems) Axis Example - Automobile

• System: Automobile
• Subsystems: Wheels, engine, fuel tank, control system
• Subsystem components: Piston, cylinder, connecting rod, spark plug, crankshaft, valves
• Supersystem: Traffic, roads, gas station, parking, traffic control system, garage, repair service, manufacturing plant
• Super-super system: Regional and Global road networks
• External Environment: Open space and atmosphere

Time Axis

• Time has its own sub-systems, allowing us to view a system from different time frames
• The life cycle of a system.
• Technology cycles of a system.
• Historical context of a system.

Anti-System

• A system performing the opposite function when compared.
• Achieving the same result with opposite actions—e.g., using a black line on a white background.
• Something having at least one parameter different.

Odorless Deodorant

• Many find the smell of deodorant clashing with perfume.
• A neutral deodorant solves the overlapping smell problem.

Controlled Thinking

• The ability to use anti-systems.
• To drive fast, consider an anti-system (e.g., brakes)
• System design includes considering opposite actions.

No reason to stop at 9 windows

• The classical system method isn't limited to 9 windows, but potentially infinite.