(1) A sound, natural limit
in any system
is when there is no conflict
or contradiction
between what does
and what does not—
happen.
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| Picture/Poem Poster Natural Limit shown at the right (prints 81/2 x 11" (A4)) Also available as .pdf download (60 K) | |
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(2) Retronyms? With every step we take away from the wisdom
of Nature's way, the more difficult it becomes to clearly see what
we have lost or left behind. Acoustic guitar, organic tomato, and—
as a possible future, n a t u r a l human being... And once the
crucial sensitivity threshold is crossed and we can only with
difficulty distinguish the artificial, industrial mimics from their
originals, what then? Imagine sitting at a restaurant table, and
a guy asks you, "Hey, the girl at the end of the bar, is she...?"
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| Picture/Poem Poster Retronyms? shown at the right (prints 81/2 x 11" (A4)) Also available as .pdf download (104 K) | |
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(3) Complicatedness, or unnecessary difficulty,
is frequently the result of outmoded,
inappropriate ways of thinking.
The way of thinking which is the most
inappropriate of all is that of the
cult of collusion which not only condones, but
actively cultivates, complicatedness.
Who has not become dependent on a machine
which we suspect has been deliberately designed
to be hard to use and even harder to repair;
And, once it fails completely, as we know it shall,
becomes the designer's unjust gain and the
user's recurrent frustration and loss?
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(4) Humans are the only
beings in Nature who are
constantly preoccupied with what they are not.
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| Picture/Poem Poster Squirrel, relaxing . . shown at the right (prints 81/2 x 11" (A4)) Also available as .pdf download (52 K) | |
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