If humans died in a healthy culture, they would not lock out the earth in metal coffins and carve their names on stone monuments, but would instead place the naked body in the earth and plant a tree above the silent heart.
William Irwin ThompsonThe more chaos there is, the more science holds on to abstract systems of control, and the more chaos is engendered.
William Irwin ThompsonNot all intelligence can be artificial now, so if we make a mistake, the consequences are no longer simply located within an institution or a national culture.
William Irwin ThompsonIn the domain of cops and robbers, an interdiction serves to structure a black market and a shadow economy.
William Irwin Thompson