WHEN A CONTROL SYSTEM ACHIEVES STABILITY, IT "SOLVES" THE PROBLEM POSED BY NOT BEING STABLE. I SOLVE THE OPPOSITE PROBLEM—THE PROBLEM OF BEING FALSELY STABLE, THE PROBLEM OF THE COMFORT ZONE.
NORMALLY, CYBERNETICS IS INTERESTED IN SYSTEMS WHICH CONFORM TO ITS ONE UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED LAW, ASHBY’S LAW OF REQUISITE VARIETY, THUS BEING MANAGEABLE. IN CONTRAST, I PROPOSE WE SHOULD DEVELOP AN INTEREST IN THE UNMANAGEABLE: A FORM OF ANTI-CYBERNETICS. ― RANULPH GLANVILLE
WE NEED A DREAM-WORLD IN ORDER TO DISCOVER THE FEATURES OF THE REAL WORLD WE THINK WE INHABIT. ― PAUL KARL FEYERABEND
SYSTEMIC IRONY IS THE OPTIMAL STRATEGY AGAINST SOPORIFIC TRUTHS AND FIXED STANDARDS. ― WOLFGANG JONAS
In daily life, habits are simplifications that shield us from too much complexity. Systems avoid or dismiss complexity because it is too costly to engage it, and often fatal. It is only the narrow slit in the consciousness that allows some of us to try the new, in small doses at a time. But it is in our power to put more effort and embrace more of it.
"THE GROUND IS WHAT CONCEALS THE DYNAMICS; IT IS WHAT MAKES THE SYSTEM OF FORMS EXIST. THE FORMS DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN FORMS, BUT IN THE GROUND, WHICH IS A SYSTEM OF ALL FORMS... THE GROUND IS THE SYSTEM OF VIRTUALITY, OF POTENTIALS, OF FORCES."―GILBERT SIMONDON
“THUS, FROM THE WAR OF NATURE, FROM FAMINE AND DEATH, THE MOST EXALTED OBJECT WHICH WE ARE CAPABLE OF CONCEIVING, NAMELY, THE PRODUCTION OF THE HIGHER ANIMALS, DIRECTLY FOLLOWS. THERE IS GRANDEUR IN THIS VIEW OF LIFE, WITH ITS SEVERAL POWERS, HAVING BEEN ORIGINALLY BREATHED INTO A FEW FORMS OR INTO ONE; AND THAT, WHILST THIS PLANET HAS GONE CYCLING ON ACCORDING TO THE FIXED LAW OF GRAVITY, FROM SO SIMPLE A BEGINNING ENDLESS FORMS MOST BEAUTIFUL AND MOST WONDERFUL HAVE BEEN, AND ARE BEING, EVOLVED.” ― CHARLES DARWIN
"FROM SYSTEMIC CONTRADICTIONS ARISES THE ORGANIZATIONAL TASK, THE MORE URGENT, THE STRONGER THE DEVELOPMENT, THE TASK OF RESOLVING THESE CONTRADICTIONS ― OR ELSE ELIMINATING. LIFE DECIDES IT EITHER IN A NEGATIVE WAY — THE SYSTEM ITSELF IS DESTROYED (FOR EXAMPLE, THE BODY DIES), OR IN A POSITIVE WAY — BY TRANSFORMING THE SYSTEM, FREEING IT FROM CONTRADICTIONS." ― ALEXANDER BOGDANOV
Alchemist and cyberneticist. Think about what isn't in front of you and make right choices no matter how much you may dislike them