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The Map Is Not the Territory

The Map Is Not the Territory Alfred Koryzbski a Polish philosopher, engineer, mathematician, and writer who emigrated to the United States, and died here in 1950, is best known for the idea that the word for a thing is not the thing.  Hence the quote, “The map is not the territory.” His book Science and Sanity is a dense, difficult but thoroughly interesting book that pulls in many disciplines of study.  He repeatedly hammers again and again on the notion that a

Thank You, Leonard Cohen

Anthem Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in . . . Anthem by Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen is a poet, song writer, musician, and much more.