While systems thinking claims to think holistically, from what I understand it attempts to find root causes, and understand the dependencies between components, and the roles those components play; all of which is fundamentally against my philosophy and how I wish to see science change. There are no “roles” or “root causes” in complexity, those are false narratives made from the erroneous application of deterministic thinking under complexity. Your approach may differ, but I imagine many “systems thinking” folk have little understanding of how complex systems actually function. Thinking about nature as systems is critical, yes, but understanding the emergent properties of these systems and their consequences, not acting like roles and root causes (which cannot exist under complexity) actually exist.