Gregory Bateson, an anthropologist, social scientist and cyberneticist, shares how all things are connected through his research and experiences.
This video below invites us into Bateson’s understanding of the world around us:
A few quotes to consider by Bateson and others:
“The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think.” – Gregory Bateson
“We live in a world that is only made of relationships. When you think you could talk about the table, you say it’s hard, all you were saying is that in a conflict, confrontation between the table and your hand, your hand had to stop moving at some point and the table won. If the table was soft, your hand would have won. But you’re talking about something between the two of them.” – Gregory Bateson
“Wisdom is the intelligence of the system as a whole.” – Gregory Bateson
“Humanity is a biological species, living in a biological environment, because like all species, we are exquisitely adapted in everything: from our behavior, to our genetics, to our physiology, to that particular environment in which we live. The earth is our home. Unless we preserve the rest of life, as a sacred duty, we will be endangering ourselves by destroying the home in which we evolved, and on which we completely depend.” – E. O. Wilson
“If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.” – E. O. Wilson
“An organism is involved with the environment to which it is not only adapted but which is adapted to it as well.” – Volodymyr Vernadsky
“Everything is connected to everything else. Everything must go somewhere. Nature knows best. There is no such thing as a free lunch. If you don’t put something in the ecology, it’s not there.” – Barry Commoner
“We need to renegotiate our contract with nature. Ecology is a unifying force that can diminish intolerance and expand our empathy towards others – both human and animal. – Gregory Colbert
The article below supports the thoughts of those above – refers to the health of humans, animals and environment as “one health”:
https://www.cdc.gov/onehealth/basics/index.html
This next article further penetrates the point of the fact that we are all connected. Enjoy!
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