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(iii) The next level is that of the control mechanism or cybernetic system, which might be nicknamed the level of the thermostat...

Kenneth E. Boulding

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About Kenneth E. Boulding

Kenneth Ewart Boulding (18 January 1910 – 18 March 1993) was an economist, educator, poet, religious mystic, devoted Quaker, systems scientist and interdisciplinary philosopher. He was cofounder of General Systems Theory and founder of numerous ongoing intellectual projects in economics and social science. He was married to .

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Native Name: Kenneth Ewart Boulding

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[Boulding's belief in] the immediate experience of the Holy Spirit, or Inward Light, available to every man to teach, guide, reprove, and draw him up toward goodness.

(iii) The next level is that of the control mechanism or cybernetic system, which might be nicknamed the level of the thermostat... - Kenneth E. Boulding

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