Whether you like it or not, the world is a complicated place. In trying to make some sense of the chaos, most scientists take the somewhat easy path of reductionism, fragmenting realms, leaving unconnected analyzed micro-pieces.
But Gregory Bateson swam determinedly against the tide. By the time he died in 1980 at the age of 76, Bateson had applied his holistic approach to disciplines as diverse as anthropology, cybernetics, evolutionary biology; ecology and psychiatry.
A recurrent theme of his was that we should study complex systems in terms of the patterns, flow and context of information. An ecosystem, he argued, is best understood by looking for patterns of communication among its component parts, rather than defining its energetic capacity to support life.
A recurrent theme of his was that we should study complex systems in terms of the patterns, flow and context of information. An ecosystem, he argued, is best understood by looking for patterns of communication among its component parts, rather than defining its energetic capacity to support life.
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