#+title: Fritjof Capra: The Web of Life

- tags :: [[file:../20200720093911-ecology.org][ecology]]
- source :: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLiRXM2oZ_U][Fritjof Capra: The Web of Life (excerpt)]]

* Notes
- Ecology is the study of natural relationships
- Ecology forces a shift in perspective from objects to relationships and
  processes
- [[file:../20200720152135-systems_theory.org][Systems thinkers]] realized that laws of science were not enough, but we don't
  need anything from the outside: we have to understand the relationships of
  matter
- Capra says that there are two approaches to science: "What is it made of?" and
  "What is the pattern?"
- A pattern isn't material, it's a set of relationships
  - Marx would probably disagree with this
- Capra believes that consciousness is a property of life
- An insight of [[file:../20200708122521-cybernetics.org][cybernetics]] was noticing that life is made up of networks
- Systems can correct themselves through the process of [[file:../20200720152428-feedback.org][feedback]]