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Quote by Gregory Bateson

“The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think.”

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Gregory Bateson was a prominent anthropologist whose research spanned across various fields such as culture, semiotics, systems theory, and cognitive science. His work has had a profound impact on interdisciplinary studies that followed. more

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