> If we continue to operate in terms of a Cartesian dualism of mind versus matter, we shall probably also continue to see the world in terms of God versus man; elite versus people; chosen race versus others; nation versus nation; and man versus environment.
> - Gregory Bateson, ‘The Cybernetics of Self: A Theory of Alcoholism’, 1971

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