# Conversation theory [[Gordon Pask]]. > Pask’s work on conversation (for example, Pask, 1976) is wide-​reaching, but fundamentally his argument proposes that it is not simply communication which is synonymous with organisation, but communication understood as conversation. > > – [[Anarchist Cybernetics]] > It is through interactions between actors in which agreement is reached that systems become organised. > > – [[Anarchist Cybernetics]] > Pask’s work shows that an interactive, conversational approach to communication and the co-​creating of sensible, meaningful content is consistent with a cybernetic position on self-​organisation. > > – [[Anarchist Cybernetics]] - [Conversation Theory in One Hour — Presentation](https://pangaro.com/conversation-theory-in-one-hour.html)