Designing Freedom

Designing Freedom

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"Stafford Beer is undoubtedly among the world s most provocative, creative, and profound thinkers on the subject of management, and he records his thinking with a flair that is unmatched. His writing is as much art as it is science. He is the most viable system I know." Dr Russell L Ackoff, The Institute for Interactive Management, Pennsylvania, USA. "If anyone can make it...more
Paperback, 108 pages
Published March 2nd 1995 by John Wiley & Sons (first published November 18th 1993)
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Bricoleur  (David) Soul
I finally got my own copy of this book (which I've been looking for it since about 1990)...

I'd forgotten just how great it is.

I've been angered lately about the number of absolute falsehoods spread by ALL sides on both current election campaigns (USA and Canada) - sometimes on purpose, often because they simply "don't get it." This book covers some of the reason this is endemic in our societies and at least gives me some hope that someday the leaders of our systems of governance will discover th...more
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