[In science any model depends on a pre-chosen taxonomy] a set of classifications into which we divide the enormous complexity of the… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
[Even the mechanism can be endowed with an image. Thus] the thermostat has an image of the outside world in the shape… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The world moves into the future as a result of decisions, not as a result of plans. Plans are significant only insofar… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
... the fouling of the nest which has been typical of man's activity in the past on a local scale now seems… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
General Systems Theory is a name which has come into use to describe a level of theoretical model-building which lies somewhere between… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
A world of unseen dictatorship is conceivable, still using the forms of democratic government. — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Are we to regard the world of nature simply as a storehouse to be robbed for the immediate benefit of man? ...… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The evolutionary vision is agnostic in regard to systems in the universe of greater complexity than those of which human beings have… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
As far as many statistical series that are related to activities of mankind are concerned, the date that divides human history into… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Almost every organization... exhibits two faces a smiling face which it turns toward its members and a frowning face which it turns… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The World is a very complex system. It is easy to have too simple a view of it, and it is easy… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Are we to regard the world of nature simply as a storehouse to be robbed for the immediate benefit of man? — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The thing that distinguishes social systems from physical or even biological systems is their incomparable (and embarrassing) richness in special cases. Generalizations… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
[In science any model depends on a pre-chosen taxonomy] a set of classifications into which we divide the enormous complexity of the real world...… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
If we saw tomorrow's newspaper today, tomorrow would never happen. — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
It is clear that the building of models is not a purely mechanical process but requires skill of a high order - not merely… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Even personal tastes are learned, in the matrix of a culture or a subculture in which we grow up, by very much the same… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
In view of the importance of philanthropy in our society, it is surprising that so little attention has been given to it by economic… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Humble, honest, ignorance is one of the finest flowers of the human spirit — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
[The question for the behavioral disciplines is simply] what is better, and how do we get there? — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
[Even the mechanism can be endowed with an image. Thus] the thermostat has an image of the outside world in the shape of information… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Economic problems have no sharp edges. They shade off imperceptibly into politics, sociology, and ethics. Indeed, it is hardly an exaggeration to say that… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The world moves into the future as a result of decisions, not as a result of plans. Plans are significant only insofar as they… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Mathematicians themselves set up standards of generality and elegance in their exposition which are a bar to understand. — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The concept of need is often looked upon rather unfavorably by economists, in contrast with the concept of demand. Both, however, have their own… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image