Gregory Bateson
1904-1980

„What we mean by information is a difference that makes a difference” (1970)

"To want control is the pathology! Not that the person can get control, because of course you never do...
Man is only a part of larger systems, and the part can never control the whole... " (1970)

http://www.rawpaint.com/library/bateson/formsubstancedifference.html
(Annual Korzybski Memorial Lecture, 1970)

http://www.indiana.edu/~wanthro/bateson.htm
(Information Site)

http://www.oikos.org/baten.htm
(Information Site with a lot of original material on-line)