> All it's doing is introducing false epistemology and complicated nomenclature for concepts that are obvious.

How else are pseudo-intellectuals supposed to make their money these days? /s

I enjoyed the Meadows book about it and although I didn't read it with a critical eye, I didn't find it misleading or obfuscatory. It's written in plain language.

If anything, it's got quite an ecological feel to it (and boils down to something like "testing inputs to a system willy-nilly is really stupid without a broad idea of the interactions between things").