Adequate Quote by Kenneth E. Boulding

A second possible approach to general systems theory is through the arrangement of theoretical systems and constructs in a hierarchy of complexity, roughly corresponding…

— Kenneth E. Boulding

It is that of increasing knowledge of empirical fact, intimately combined with changing interpretations of this body of fact - hence changing general statements…

— Talcott Parsons

General Systems Theory is a name which has come into use to describe a level of theoretical model-building which lies somewhere between the highly…

— Kenneth E. Boulding

Knowledge has organizing power inherit in it. It is simply enough to know.

— Deepak Chopra

What I've learned is that unless it's an emergency, like a fire or brain surgery, hierarchy is not necessary and may be damaging. If…

— Gloria Steinem

“...it is often the case that when things get really hairy, you want an experienced human being in control. The preference for algorithms over…

— Matthew B. Crawford

We know that flat and non-hierarchical systems use information best. I've tried to do that with my own company because it works better that…

— Patrick M. Byrne

It must be conceded that a theory has an important advantage if its basic concepts and fundamental hypotheses are 'close to experience,' and greater…

— Albert Einstein

Once you have hierarchy you need rules to protect and administer it, and then you need law and the enforcement of the rules, and…

— William P. Young

Partial knowledge is more triumphant than complete knowledge; it takes things to be simpler than they are, and so makes its theory more popular…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

As you deal with more and more complex systems, it becomes harder and harder to find deep and interesting properties.

— Noam Chomsky

A theory may be so rich in descriptive possibilities that it can be made to fit any data.

— Phillip Johnson-Laird