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After talking about Bateson’s views on hubris yesterday, I thought the best thing to write about today would be to find an example that tests them. Climate change and the financial crisis Continue Reading →
I have expressed frustration a couple of times now, with myself and my apparently slow rate of progress in writing this blog . I mean, it’s been a whole week and Continue Reading →
Here is a quiet post for the weekend — a beautiful short film about trees. The opening question is ‘Do Trees Communicate?’ To which my culture’s answer is, “Of course not. Continue Reading →
Gregory Bateson was studying porpoise communication when he realised that all conversation between mammals is about relationship. (‘Communication’ here is meant in the widest sense, including gestures, movements and other types Continue Reading →
Yesterday I said that trying to find a ‘solution’ to the problems that confront our world was like looking for a shade of light that our eyes cannot see. Or Continue Reading →
The IMF has just published a working paper on the future price of oil. It concludes that: a) the price of oil in real terms will most likely double over Continue Reading →
The world faces crises in our economic system, in our financial system, and in the natural world. If we want to address these problems then as Einstein said, “We cannot solve Continue Reading →