“The world, as we perceive it, is our own invention.”
Heinz von Foerster (1911–2002) Austrian American scientist and cybernetician
Heinz von Foerster (1988) The Invented Reality p.45–46
1980s
“In the light, we read the inventions of others; in the darkness we invent our own stories.”
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