Gregory Bateson. Gregory Bateson (9 May 1904 – 4 July 1980) was an English anthropologist, social scientist, linguist, visual anthropologist, semiotician and cyberneticist whose work intersected that of many other fields.
In the 1940s he helped extend systems theory/cybernetics to the social/behavioral sciences, and spent the last decade of his life developing a "meta-science" of epistemology to bring together the various early forms of systems theory developing in various fields of science.[2] Some of his most noted writings are to be found in his books, Steps to an Ecology of Mind (1972) and Mind and Nature (1979). Angels Fear (published posthumously in 1987) was co-authored by his daughter Mary Catherine Bateson. Biography[edit] Bateson was born in Grantchester in Cambridgeshire, England on 9 May 1904 – the third and youngest son of [Caroline] Beatrice Durham and of the distinguished geneticist William Bateson.
A Daughter's Portrait of Gregory Bateson. John Marshall Roberts – Keynote Speaker and Consultant for Strategic Business and Social Change. Will 'Green Economy' Kill The Green Economy? It was with particular interest that I took in a Board of Trade presentation on the state of British Columbia's green economy.
After all, Vancouver is vying for the Greenest City In The World title. Green business is a big deal out here. The presentation, by Paul Shorthouse of the Globe Foundation, was a convincing and positive one.