Ecology-of-Mind

Information is a difference that makes a difference.

Information is a difference that makes a difference.

Nothing has meaning except it be seen as in some sort of context.

Nothing has meaning except it be seen as in some sort of context.

The creature that wins against its environment destroys itself.

The creature that wins against its environment destroys itself.

The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the...

The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think.

The map is not the territory, and the name is not the thing named.

The map is not the territory, and the name is not the thing named.

The pattern which connects is a metapattern. It is a pattern of patterns.

The pattern which connects is a metapattern. It is a pattern of patterns.

The sacred is certainly related to the beautiful. And both are related to that which is outside t...

The sacred is certainly related to the beautiful. And both are related to that which is outside the reach of language.

We are most of us governed by epistemologies that we know to be wrong.

We are most of us governed by epistemologies that we know to be wrong.

Wisdom is knowing the pattern which connects.

Wisdom is knowing the pattern which connects.

"the major problems in the world.." - Gregory Bateson

“the major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works, and how people think” - Gregory Bateson

Profile: Gregory Bateson

Gregory Bateson (1904-1980) was an anthropologist, biologist, and cyberneticist whose groundbreaking work on systems thinking, learning theory, and the “ecology of mind” provided …