Invitation to dance — a conversation with Heinz von Foerster

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Source: Cybernetics & Human Knowing, Volume 6, Number 4, 1999 , pp. 81-84(4)

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Abstract:

[opening paragraph]: I met with Heinz von Foerster, Chairperson of the ASC Board of Trustees, last month at his home nestled in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Seated with the 88-year-old physicist — his frail body somehow persistent, eyes flashing with intellectual vigor — what emerged was a clear commitment to a set of guiding principles. Famed as a robust raconteur, von Foerster explicated his dedication to the path that has led him, with characteristic dignity, to these penultimate days he enjoys at Rattlesnake Hill in coastal California.

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 1999-01-01