Kenneth Boulding Quote

The social system tends to be dominated by images... especially of the future, which act cybernetically, constantly guided by perceived divergences between the real and the ideal


p. vii as cited by Debora Hammond (1995) "Perspectives from the Boulding files". In: Systems Research Vol. 12 No. 4, p. 281-290 - Toward a General Social Science, 1974


The social system tends to be dominated by images... especially of the future, which act cybernetically, constantly guided by perceived divergences...

The social system tends to be dominated by images... especially of the future, which act cybernetically, constantly guided by perceived divergences...

The social system tends to be dominated by images... especially of the future, which act cybernetically, constantly guided by perceived divergences...

The social system tends to be dominated by images... especially of the future, which act cybernetically, constantly guided by perceived divergences...