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Celebrating 10.000 downloads (almost 20.000) of the book "Sustainability of Operations"! As Albert Einstein has put it, "problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them." Hence, our level of awareness of operations and #operationsmanagement cannot solve the sustainability problems they create for humankind and planet Earth. The book Sustainability of Operations clarifies our current level of awareness and presents an alternative definition of operations from an ecosystems perspective. This post thankfully acknowledges and celebrates the open access book has already been freely downloaded 10.000 times by a variety of readers across the globe - almost 20.000 when counting single chapter downloads as well. These numbers witness how the operations of producing and disseminating 'visible' language', are reaching another level during the present industrial revolution. Chapter 6 is entirely about the history of visible language, the script, which in some civilizations, including Mesopotamia was invented in direct support of the operations of human society, and in particular for the inventory management of the produce of the early agricultural societies. Revolutions in the operations of the script include the transition from clay and stone to papyrus, parchment, and paper, and the transition from writing by hand to printing. Paper was invented in China as was xylography, the oldest known form of printing. Johannes Gutenberg developed the printing press "from which shall flow in inexhaustible streams", and so it did. It enabled the number of books produced in Europe to grow from (tens of) thousands to millions within decades. More importantly, it facilitated the spread of knowledge, science, and for humankind to reach new levels of awareness. Electronic books and the internet are the present revolution in the operations of producing visible language and towards new levels of awareness. Let's aim for millions, rather than tens of thousands to become aware of an ecosystems perspective of operations and contribute to their sustainability. https://lnkd.in/e98dFUiy. #sustainableoperations INFORMS Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) now publishers Escuela de Negocios UAI