- When a general theory applicable to all organisation is presented, it is impossible to make a statement that does not directly or indirectly fall within the scope of the theory.
- Arguments are worthless if premises are unknown or unshared (to those exchanging the argument).
- Words are meaningless without convention.
- Convention accumulates the shared concepts of a community.
- Truth is purely a consequence of reason.
- Correctness is relative to the observer.
- Objective truth is as much a myth as subjective truth.
- When truth and correctness coincide on the plane of every observer in the system, we have utopia.
- The theory of organisation of systems is the logic of a world whose elements can act.
- Economic phenomena like inflation, Kondretieff cycle and business cycles are a consequence of the laws of organisation and not market mechanisms.
- Incomprehensible sequences of happenings are miracles.
- Language is a culture’s theory of action.
- All that is willed is possible when pursued with humility.
- It takes genius to discover genius.
- Use of only comparators is the root of trouble.
- If Australopithecus originated in central Africa, what are we doing elsewhere?
- The sound of silence can be heard loudest for those who have the ears.
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Toolbox for Tomorrow: Exploring and Designing Sustainable Systems
Anupam Saraph [September 1994]
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