“Perhaps there is no such thing as unilateral power. After all, the man in power depends on receiving information all the time from outside. He responds to that information just as much as he causes things to happen... it is an interaction, and not a lineal situation.” MenHappensCausesSituationInformationHe ManDependsInteractionReceiving Book:Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology Source: Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology
“What we mean by information - the elementary unit of information - is a difference which makes a difference, and it is able to make a difference because the neural pathways along which it travels and is continually transformed are themselves provided with energy. The pathways are ready to be triggered. We may even say that the question is already implicit in them.” MayMeanAbleEnergyDifferencesInformationReadyMaking A DifferenceTransformedUnitsPathwaysImplicit Author:Gregory Bateson
“Information consists of differences that make a difference.” DifferencesInformationMaking A Difference Author:Gregory Bateson
“Information is a difference that makes a difference.” DifferencesInformationMaking A Difference Author:Gregory Bateson
“Interesting phenomena occur when two or more rhythmic patterns are combined, and these phenomena illustrate very aptly the enrichment of information that occurs when one description is combined with another.” TwoInterestingInformationPatternsDescriptionEnrichment Author:Gregory Bateson
