Khayanyosi | Thinking of systems.

The Pretence of Knowledge

“If man is not to do more harm than good ... he must learn to cultivate environments like a gardener.”

We evidently lack a ‘language’ with which to reason about, ‘read’ and ‘write’ wholesome urban form.

“Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty — a beauty cold and austere…”

“…in the future, it will adapt media to serve the needs and tastes of each individual mind.”

“It seems like you've considered everything, Atrus. You've tried to see the Whole.” “The Whole?”

Balance, a stop-motion animated film, directed and produced by twin brothers Wolfgang and Christoph Lauenstein.

“A deep chesty bawl echoes from rimrock to rimrock, rolls down the mountain, and fades into the far blackness of the night.”

When wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone after being absent nearly 70 years, the most remarkable trophic cascade occurred.

“There is a central quality which is the root criterion of life and spirit in man, a town, a building, or a wilderness...”

“…likewise, thinking tools adapt unthinkable thoughts to our human minds.”

“Social activists typically fight by organizing but you can fight by inventing.”