When a decision is made to cope with the symptoms of a problem, it is generally assumed that the corrective measures will solve the problem itself. They seldom do. Engineers cannot seem to get this through their heads. These countermeasures are all based on too narrow a definition of what is wrong. Human measures and countermeasures proceed from limited scientific truth and judgment. A true solution can never come about in this way.


The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming (ed. New York Review of Books, 2010) - ISBN: 9781590173923

Masanobu Fukuoka Quotes

When a decision is made to cope with the symptoms of a problem, it is generally assumed that the corrective measures will solve the problem itself....

When a decision is made to cope with the symptoms of a problem, it is generally assumed that the corrective measures will solve the problem itself....

When a decision is made to cope with the symptoms of a problem, it is generally assumed that the corrective measures will solve the problem itself....

When a decision is made to cope with the symptoms of a problem, it is generally assumed that the corrective measures will solve the problem itself....