Fritjof Capra: The Web of Life

tags : [[ecology]]

source : Fritjof Capra: The Web of Life (excerpt)

Notes

• Ecology is the study of natural relationships
• Ecology forces a shift in perspective from objects to relationships and processes
• [[Systems thinkers]] realized that laws of science were not enough, but we don’t need anything from the outside: we have to understand the relationships of matter
• Capra says that there are two approaches to science: “What is it made of?” and “What is the pattern?”
• A pattern isn’t material, it’s a set of relationships
  • Marx would probably disagree with this
• Capra believes that consciousness is a property of life
• An insight of [[cybernetics]] was noticing that life is made up of networks
• Systems can correct themselves through the process of [[feedback]]