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(Photos granted by Vanilla Beer)
“I estimate that more human beings are enduring agony today than ever
before; the number could be greater than the sum of sufferers throughout
history. I speak of starvation and epidemic; war and terrorism; deprivation,
exploitation, and physical torture. I repeat the word agony; I am not talking
about 'hard times' “ .
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"One method...must be excluded- although it is the one method
usually attempted in pracxtice...This is the method
of rigorous protocol.The...example...make it clear
why this approach to the problem doesn't work. Explicitly: the system denatures
itself- with all its in-built capacity to generate the right ansrers."
(
“Soviet communism accepted its own demise; Western capitalism has not
accepted it yet”.
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“Firstly,
it is actually possible to redesign the institutions of government according to
the principles and practice of
cybernetics. These
are not wild dreams. Secondly, there is a long way to go in dismantling
bureaucracy,
and I
shall discuss the problems of effecting change later in these talks. Thirdly,
the possibilities
propose an
urgent task for our next meeting: to discuss the impact of such scientific
advance as this on
the status
and freedom of the individual.”
(
An Architecture for Organizations
of the Future
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