Bateson

• “So, in this example, which is an example of what's called Bateson's Rule, he has two kinds of mutations of a human thumb.”

  TED: Greg Lynn on calculus in architecture

• “I can see how its pathos might appeal to those whose health was spoiled and whose physique was stunted by poverty and misery; but it puzzles me to find a magnificent giant such as Bateson, a man too strong to have nerves and too healthy to have delusions, as thoroughly imbued with its traditions as any one.”

  The Farringdons

• “Inspired by the designers who first articulated these ideas for me, visionaries such as Bateson, Glaser, Paul Rand, Herbert Baer, April Greiman and more recently advanced by Clement Mok, here is my humble attempt at rethinking what we are.”

  Notes on Design

• “One of my mentors was the distinguished Cambridge-educated anthropologist Gregory Bateson.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Bushman Way of Tracking God

• “JB I quickly realised, but did not articulate, something the anthropologist Gregory Bateson told me 10 years later: that of all our human inventions, economic man was by far the dullest.”

  The Guardian: John Brockman: the man who runs the world's smartest website

• “It's a time when we have an opportunity to live in our wisdom, Bateson says, rather than being overburdened with caretaking of family and earning a living.”

  The Huffington Post: Karma Kitaj: What Legacy Do You Want to Build in 2012?

• “In an interview with Barbara Meltzer, Los Angeles County Commissioner for Older Adults, in Aging Today, a publication of the American Society on Aging, Bateson asks us to "reflect on what has really mattered to us... to look for sources of beauty, for truth, for goodness and for shared community.”

  The Huffington Post: Karma Kitaj: What Legacy Do You Want to Build in 2012?

• “How can we make certain that we "serve as trustees, as advocates for the future" Bateson's words, rather than suckers of energy from future generations?”

  The Huffington Post: Karma Kitaj: What Legacy Do You Want to Build in 2012?

• “Or is it that we leave our children and grandchildren a "sustainable, peaceful, and just world," as Mary Catherine Bateson, author and cultural anthropologist, asked at the 5th Annual International Conference on Positive Aging in December 2011?”

  The Huffington Post: Karma Kitaj: What Legacy Do You Want to Build in 2012?

• “If we are not actively learning and reflecting on what we're learning, we cannot be wise," says Bateson.”

  The Huffington Post: Karma Kitaj: What Legacy Do You Want to Build in 2012?

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