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Abstract

Capra, is an Austrian-American phyisicist, systems theorist and deep ecologist.During the past three decades he has been at the forefront of a scientists’ movement which has challenged conventional views of evolution and the organization of living systems.Together they have developed new theories with revolutionary philosophical and social implications.Why is the Web of Life so importantAs regards an ecosystem, we can think of it as ALL the living animals and plants and ALL the non-living matter in a specific place.All the living things in an ecosystem depend on all the other things, both living and non-living, for survival, food supplies and other needs.Very interesting, indeed.More or less the concept is well explained through the famous “butterflies effect”.Whatever happens to one of the elements of the group will affect all the others.Coming to the presence of man in an ecosystem, what does it mean?If you find plastic in the stomach of a whale, and scientists tell you there are microparticles of plastic in the fish you are eating, do you start believing we are all related to each other?That’s why the Web of Life is supremely important.An extension of the concept: systems’ thinkingIf you consider a system of thinking it means you try to un

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derstand reality emphasizing the relationships among a system’s parts, rather than the parts themselves.System’s thinking is a process of discovery and exploration, an inquiry into the governing processes underlying the problems we face. Ok. I got some suggestion by Google. It’s not copied, I swear.Talking about writers and readers, can you see where does the whole thing points to?It’s the net we build within a community that counts most for our subsistence.Can you hear the farts of <a href="undefined">BichoDoMato</a>? I can, since I signed up for his emails.Or the vibrant energy of <a href="undefined">Jan Sebastian</a>? I can, as well.And what about the attempt of <a href="undefined">Harold Zeitung</a> trying to accept in his publication medium.com/klearance-cannabis-collection all that doesn’t fit anywhere else?ConclusionSince I read “The Tao of Physics” and “The Web of Life” when they were first edited, I had good hope for a decent future systems’ environment, society and thinking. What a delusion!But, as a great Italian singer has written in one of his songs: “Hey you, disenchanted, make sure it’s not an excuse”.So, my dear readers, get out of your disillusioned world and start being an active part of the web of writers on Medium. We are all part of the same ecosystem!</article></body>

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Fritjof Capra And The Web Of Life

We all live in a connected universe, writers and readers included

For those who were born in and around the new millennium, NET is the simple ending of a word starting with INTER.

Those who’ve got some more years in their baggage could immediately think about another philosophical concept. The NET of Life by Fritjof Capra.

One web, same network. What’s the origin of it all?

What is the Web of Life

In an ecological community a web is a succession of organisms linked to each other through the transfer of energy and nutrients.

The whole concept is based on the meaning of interdependence and interconnectedness.

Rather clear, or not?

Translated into human assets it means the entire humankind is based on interrelationships, not only within the same species, but also with all the elements of the environment in which they live.

Who is Fritjof Capra

Oh, by the way, Fritjof Capra, is an Austrian-American phyisicist, systems theorist and deep ecologist.

During the past three decades he has been at the forefront of a scientists’ movement which has challenged conventional views of evolution and the organization of living systems.

Together they have developed new theories with revolutionary philosophical and social implications.

Why is the Web of Life so important

As regards an ecosystem, we can think of it as ALL the living animals and plants and ALL the non-living matter in a specific place.

All the living things in an ecosystem depend on all the other things, both living and non-living, for survival, food supplies and other needs.

Very interesting, indeed.

More or less the concept is well explained through the famous “butterflies effect”.

Whatever happens to one of the elements of the group will affect all the others.

Coming to the presence of man in an ecosystem, what does it mean?

If you find plastic in the stomach of a whale, and scientists tell you there are microparticles of plastic in the fish you are eating, do you start believing we are all related to each other?

That’s why the Web of Life is supremely important.

An extension of the concept: systems’ thinking

If you consider a system of thinking it means you try to understand reality emphasizing the relationships among a system’s parts, rather than the parts themselves.

System’s thinking is a process of discovery and exploration, an inquiry into the governing processes underlying the problems we face. Ok. I got some suggestion by Google. It’s not copied, I swear.

Talking about writers and readers, can you see where does the whole thing points to?

It’s the net we build within a community that counts most for our subsistence.

Can you hear the farts of BichoDoMato? I can, since I signed up for his emails.

Or the vibrant energy of Jan Sebastian? I can, as well.

And what about the attempt of Harold Zeitung trying to accept in his publication medium.com/klearance-cannabis-collection all that doesn’t fit anywhere else?

Conclusion

Since I read “The Tao of Physics” and “The Web of Life” when they were first edited, I had good hope for a decent future systems’ environment, society and thinking. What a delusion!

But, as a great Italian singer has written in one of his songs: “Hey you, disenchanted, make sure it’s not an excuse”.

So, my dear readers, get out of your disillusioned world and start being an active part of the web of writers on Medium. We are all part of the same ecosystem!