Systems theory Quote by Springer

“Determinists can't help it”

— Jerry DePyper

“We have decided to call the entire field of control and communications theory, whether in the machine or in the animal, Cybernetics.”

— Norman Wiener

Should one name one central concept, a first principle, of cybernetics, it would be circularity.

— Heinz von Foerster

With the subsequent strong support from cybernetics , the concepts of systems thinking and systems theory became integral parts of the established scientific language,…

— Fritjof Capra

I'm not a techno-determinist. I believe we need to improve our existing human resources, and technology can only be a complement.

— Shashi Tharoor

I think I may be a determinist.

— Simon Amstell

Biological determinism is, in its essence, a theory of limits. It takes the current status of groups as a measure of where they should…

— Stephen Jay Gould

“Such is 'real time', the time of communication, information and perpetual interaction: the finest deterrence-space of time and events. On the real-time screen, by…

— Jean Baudrillard

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

“We shall have to stop thinking of technology as something invulnerable that is merely used by humans, and view it as part of a…

— Mark Burgess

Automation does not need to be our enemy. I think machines can make life easier for men, if men do not let the machines…

— John F. Kennedy

“In technology, our work happens almost entirely within complex systems with a high risk of catastrophic consequences. As”

— Gene Kim