Survival and change

[sbyers@wirb.com]

It occurs to me that Mr. Forte's quote from Bill Bryson,
an author whose work I have enjoyed for many years, really
shows a reductionist rather than systems point of view. The
planet and the life in, on, and around it are not separate
entities.  We live in a system.  The planet is not "in 
charge".  The idea of the planet extinguishing life is 
meaningless, in my view.

I have been reading and listening to the works of Margaret
Wheatley in recent months, and find her views, and those
of Lynn Margulis and Dorian Sagan, very helpful in thinking
about systems, order, stability, and change.  If you have
time to take a little side trip to broaden your view of
systems thinking, I recommend Wheatley's books and speeches.

Steven Byers

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