Steps to an ecology of mind

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1. holonsphereMar 2022
   I would recommend reading Steps to an Ecology of mind. I have a great deal of disdain for the bateson name but i found this work very uplifting shortly after a concussion. If you'd like to talk about some of the exercises i undertook to serialize my stream of conciousness please reach out.
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2. carapaceMar 2021
   I'm really sorry about that. No offense taken.

   In re: Cybernetics in general I always recommend "Introduction to Cybernetics" by W. Ross Ashby. It's a whole book but I find it to be the most direct and concrete exposition of Cybernetics.

   http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ASHBBOOK.html http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/books/IntroCyb.pdf

   In re: paradigm shift, I don't really know of a single good source for that, but the works of Gregory Bateson, specifically "Steps to an Ecology of Mind" and "Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity", were useful to me.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Bateson

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steps_to_an_Ecology_of_Mind

   https://archive.org/details/mindnaturenecess00baterich

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3. carapaceOct 2020
   Gregory Bateson, "Steps to an Ecology of Mind" and "Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity".
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4. metroholografixSep 2020
   Read his book, God and Golem. The essence is all there including most of his projections for the future.

   Besides predicting to a T multiple aspects of the world we're now experiencing, this book is full of insinuations about several conditions yet to arise (or maybe risen but yet to be discovered!). He doesn't explicitly lay them out, but leaves you to identify and connect the dots. This occultation of ideas is somewhat common in early cybernetics works.

   Needless to say, the vision of Wiener will be seen by many who understand it as supremely negative.

   An alternative is explored in 'Steps to an Ecology of Mind' by Bateson.

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5. carapaceNov 2019
   You might like a couple of books by Gregory Bateson, "Steps to an Ecology of Mind" and "Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity"

   He explores the idea that evolution and thought are the same phenomenon, and that what we call "mind" is ambient.

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6. forkandwaitFeb 2019
   Steps to an Ecology of Mind by Gregory Bateson. Almost convinced my wife and me to get dolphin tattoos ; read the book and you will understand.

   https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steps_to_an_Ecology_of_Mind

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