Gregory Bateson

"Women watched for the spectacular performances of the men, and there can be no reasonable doubt that the presence of an audience is a very important factor in shaping the men's behavior. In fact, it i…"

"2) The interaction between parts of mind is triggered by difference, and difference is a nonsubstantial phenomenon not located in space or time; difference is related to negentropy and entropy rather …"

"Gregory Bateson at The Institute for Intercultural Studies."

"1) A mind is an aggregate of interacting parts or components."

"Human sense organs can receive only news of difference, and the differences must be coded into events in time in order to be perceptible. Ordinary static differences that remain constant for more than…"

"The necessary ingredients for a double bind situation, as we see it, are:"

"To think straight, it is advisable to expect all qualities and attributes, adjectives, and so on to refer to at least two sets of interactions in time."

"Finally, in the dim region where art, magic, and religion meet and overlap, human beings have evolved the “metaphor that is meant,” the flag which men will die to save, and the sacrament that is felt …"