“We are seeking for another basic outlook - the world as organization. This would profoundly change the categories of our thinking and influence our practical attitudes. We must envision the biosphere as a whole with mutually reinforcing or mutually destructive interdependencies.”

—  Ludwig von Bertalanffy

Source: 1960s, Robots, Men and Minds (1967), p. 57

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