The Pattern That Connects: Gregory Bateson and the Ecology of Mind

During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a growing sense of optimism was being nurtured among the societies of Western Europe. It was an optimism born of science. More than simply improving on the quality of life, people were beginning to believe that science would lead to a complete mastery of the world. That, of course, never happened. Rather than controlling the planet, we’ve polluted and misused it. Our ancestors would surely be disappointed. How did we allow this to happen? One possible answer can be traced back to the beginnings of Christianity. In Genesis (1:27–28), we are told that “God created man in His own image … God blessed them; and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” <a href="https://merlyndriver.medium.com/the-pattern-that-connects-gregory-bateson-and-the-ecology-of-mind-22e4aedc702b">Visit Now</a>