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Symmathesy: A Word in Progress
Some of these conclusions are useful in the micro, in the moment — but we are learning that measuring and treating discrete phenomena in isolation leads to misunderstanding, mis-treatment, and unintended consequences that can sometimes be severe.
Medium • The Ecosystem Hypothesis
This is not about making a new script or vocabulary. It is about contextual and transcontextual shifts. Ecologies move in inter-relational ways — Bateson said this 80 years ago, and his father, William Bateson, said it in 1888. Indigenous cultures have been saying this for thousands of years.
Alexander Beiner • The Bigger Picture
There is no language to define the spiraling processes of the vast context we are participants in.
Nora Bateson • Small Arcs of Larger Circles: Framing through other patterns
The concept of wholeness is integral to a systems thinking approach. A system is more than the sum of its parts—it's defined by the interaction of its parts. To understand how a system works, you have to study not the individual elements but the linkages between them. When you start thinking in systems, you can then spot opportunities for change. B... See more