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[ Technology is] the instrumentality for accessing and using free energies in human societies for human and social purposes.

— Ervin László Laszlo (1992)

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We are living in a time of dissent, upheaval, revolutions and struggle, frequently aimed at mutual destruction.

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Cultures are, in the final analysis, value-guided systems.

The systems view of the world (1996)

Opposed to atomism and behaviorism, the systems view of man links him again with the world he lives in, for he is seen as emerging in that world and reflecting its general character.

Introduction to Systems Philosophy (1972)

Each system has a speciﬁc structure made up of certain maintained relationships among its parts, and manifests irreducible characteristics of its own.

Introduction to Systems Philosophy (1972)

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