"According to the science of cybernetics, which deals with the topic of control in every kind of system (mechanical, electronic, biological, human, economic, and so on), there is a natural law that governs the capacity of a control system to work. It says that the control must be capable of generating as much "variety" as the situation to be controlled."

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Source : "Management Science" by Anthony Stafford Beer, (p. 37), 1968.

Anthony Stafford Beer

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“You have to keep practicing, if you're really going to be good.”

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“The only way to do it is to do it.”
“The history of my state of Oklahoma offers a great example of pursuing the American Dream. It was built and settled by pioneers moving West to seek better lives.”
“Life is a matter of passing the time enjoyably. There may be other things in life, but I've been too busy passing my time enjoyably to think very deeply about them.”
“An emotion that lives with me is a sense of what might have been had injuries not robbed me of my most lethal weapon - speed.”
“A library is a place where you can lose your innocence without losing your virginity.”
“The romantic stuff comes a lot easier when you're experiencing true love. It feels better, it feels more natural to record love songs when you're in love.”
“Today it is not a matter of â€˜conservingâ€™ the present or returning to a recent past that has failed, but rather of regaining possession of our most archaic roots, which is to say those most suited to the victorious life.”

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