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'TENTS
Anchor Boob Edldon
ISBN: o-a85-o.:t361-8
Ubraty of Coni:r- Catolop; Card Num�r 7>87501
Copyright@ 1973 by Count! l'ound.ition
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Prtnted ID the United Stales ol Amcriaa
Clllteful aclmowlod�t Is !IIAdc to the followtng ....,_ fo,
permllllon to me I.he rollowlng atticle, which appeen ID this
volume ID adapted form,
•utopt• which•� In the Spring ,9711....., oE lovmol
of CollfomJo Tomo,nxo Vol. 7 No. a copyright @ 19711 by
Paolo Solm; rq,riDlL'd by pcrmlaloo.
Prrface 1
1. THE BEAUTIFUL DODY ... 6
& appearunces arc deceiving. to gcru- our
action on appear.mces Is cause for
•unJltness, • lo this paper the emphasis ls OD
the dynamism of reality and the oocoffl of
m.,tter and spirit, One Is structure and
energy murce for tho other. Therefore a
cosmogcnesls where ouw aod energy, the
"parents: are subservient to spirit, the
•oaspr1ng.-
ll, A VIEW OP TBE UNITED STATES 15
It points at what I believe to be tho
fuodameotal dl.screp:uicy between the
action of the American soclt'ty and the
c:oatloental reality in its ecological
cxmcr-etcncu. It Is ncccssary that we
consider tbe two phenomena as one reality

congruently developing. From this and only
from this can we hope to put equlfy Into
the affairs of mankind.
3. THE NEW ENVIROh'ME:-.T
I attempt to discriminate between beauty
a& appearance and beauty
as substance maintaining that the true
esthetfo process Is where man as • penoo
and man as •entelechy" of life tnmblnc
and lx-oome �pant In tbe cn,ation of a
compusJooate univene. 11.ic a.lh-e act :Is
unlvmal becaUJO It ls highly penooaL
+ TOPICS AND QUESTI0!-1S ON ARCOLOCY ◄l
Topiu refer to some of what I consider the
most oomprehenslvo up«:ts of th<'
planeta,y urbanlzatlon. This proces, ls
overtly defined u a coanto pht'DOtllCDOII
111bmltted to tho la\\,'I of PIUS energy and
working aamding II> the methodology life
bu bom dc--eloplng from lta inteptioo. Tbe
methodological instrument for the
tn.Dsformation of matter into spirit.
The questions are com-erging ioto the
overriding re,ervatloo about aroology. Tbe
fear cl dcpet•111-Jization. The true origin
and CIIUSC of this fear IJ presently tho
physical, ecooomlcal, IOdal and cultural
state of eootcmponuy man. U what Is
advocated here IJ ldmltt..-.lly so dillereot
from such 1ta11,, and il il stems from the
ltnlclure of evolution itRlf, It Is at ll'ast
-1,Je to su,pect as a consequence tho
oppo5ito of dtpenooal4atlon.
eo..,.,. vu
5 Fl'XCTI0!-1 FOLLOWS FORM 60
M the means !Ol'!C':m to b«ome more and
more the muter of the CD<h, life and man
,.ithin It, I attempt h«e to 1-p open the
. proven and opo,nitiooal 0ISC of tho
,ell
tronmtlonal, the rpiriL Its dt"Velopment Is
dependfflt on ne-v forms iD which old and
new functions find, a posteriori, favorable
rtteptacles. 1nls -iuence Is not unlike the
•rorm• of tho solnr system anJ tl10 t'arth
becoming the n!<:eplaclo of the function of
lifo and tranilifo.
6. TIIE CRAITSMA.'l All.'D OBSOLESCE.'\"CE 70
Who Is pald homage to In thls pa('l'I' Is not
really the crafmnan but tho artisan, tho
penon ropablo of trandonnlng routlne, the
bulk of life, Into grace. This ability Is often
if not alwayt beyond oontemponuy
\Vostcm man. Nor ha& Western man found
a •ubstituto, If one existl, for such
transfonmtion and such ful6.llmcot. 1nls
routine remains as it Is, an integral pnrt of
our liws (automatism), but tho ritual of It
bu withered away.
7, 'JllANSARCOLOCY
Flying over Europe lJ to l!)Cwitn- �
nwsl\'- of mAn's imprint on the earth.
Foresta and prairies have gl,·cn way to
fanning and wbanizalion. Europe iJ a
metapbysic:1111tage of her former self. Is the
evolutlon now revenlng itself?

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8. A CANADIAN ALTEfu'IATI\'E?
The process of etherealization la the �
.
of lnteriotlzation. Ownership b holding
deprived o! innemcss. We do not
lnt-erlorize what we own. We wtcrlorize
only what we know. Ownenhip ii outside
the evolutionary process. It lacks lho
reverential ways of
etherealization-interlorizatioo,
spiritualizatioo.
9. SIMULATION AND BECOMING
A$ wo are eothusiastico.lly pLuuuog
futurislio scenarios by an indlocriminate 1ne
of llmuladoo, l attempt to show thAt what
doe, oot emt t, predicated on -hlng
moro than the oxtrapolation o( that which
exists. How telling IJ tho lmpoo1'bility of.
predldiog or lilllulatiog the reality ol today
&om the extnipolatioo of the reality of the
earth at ltr origin.
10. ESTHETIClSM AND ESTHETOCE.."lESIS
loventioo ii mlstaunly ideotillod with
creottoo. lnvffltioo la tooling up for
creation and oot crt111tloo •• !UCh.
loveotioo being, with discovery, a
ratlonallzatioo pl'OOMI, creation being •
transnitlooal one.
11. MAN AND SEPARATENESS
Written shortly after Martin Luther Xin&'•
death to ,bow my skepticilm toward
c- c.,,.,_ h
,u breutbeating and pcwmco. Whal ls
needed la the reuluation that knowledge,
undenundlng beyond anolys!t, Is the key
to the integral.loo o! sepiU'llted existential
fragmcau.
llL PSYCHOSOMATIC MAN
There II a ooe-to-ono relationship bct\vccn
the penoo and the eovitonmcol. To make
the point one may want to cooslder how
diJl-t would be 111411 if the earth had
101 been slightly larger or smaller. If the earth'•
angle of rotation were diflereot, If Its
diltaoco from the IUD had been diflerent
and ,o on. The cov!roomcnt ls ao integral
and formattve port of mm.
13- BULLDOZER MAN 135
As a transformer of tho environment,
Bulldour Mao bas dooe poorly. Economic
,peculadoo ii once more oo the lide of
uoreuoo and the toll ls pald by all living
thlogw. man loduded. A5 his power Is great,
114
both pbyslcaDy aod eoooomloally, the
damaget aod the dangers aro oot
marginal.
143
4· THE SCULPTURE EARTII
Mao can be a disruptive forw by default or
by loteo.t but he can be a constructive foroo
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only by Intent. He mo do 10 only I! be
turw himself lnto the bent of life. The
struggle lo smn:h of "beauty" la the most
comdoul of iucb tuning. and tbe rarest
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15. BACK TO NATURE?
Uoless we grasp the rigor that 1s ht-hind the
•grace• and the "simplicity" of nature, we
put our future in jeopardy. W6 become i-
and less 6t for survival and etbcrcalmtloo:
we betray life-all of it.
THE INNER AND THE OUTER IN ARID
16.
LAND
We act as a cbild set on a ycar-loog
jounie) He bu c:bosm fc. provisions a
bag of eaodiel and by the end o( the .6nt
hour the bag ls half empty. But be feels
gruit, the carbohydntea are good fuc� ao
far 10 good. 1n fact he ventures out of the
mail<cd path Into • . • u,d land, 111d oold
twidras. He walb Into a m.:.nige •••
Utopia.
17. l'HE QUIET CREED
OC the two kinds oE energy, ph)'lical and
mental, we tend to put our relJance on the
oonswnptlon oE the phytical, available In
limited amounts. The mental energy ii at
tho -8 tlrni. idle, and lci1- ol the mind
is degradation oE the spirit. Al knowledge
Is th,_, ooly form of true possem,n. our
C la not only degrading but It la alao
ulcat.
18. l'OLLUTJO� AS ID.'TROPY
The clamoring we do about pollution ii not
much mote than fussing about the mcxe m
lea dirty rpiu-olia of tcclu1ulogical
C1 P I
ea.- II
pioc!ISM The cleAnlng up of thme
149
pcv- Cl will often meaD 1111 C\TD grmtcr
poDulloo of life. I call the result a bettcr
quality of wroogneu, a furthei- ltep toward
the CiOCicloG and puni,brormt ,>£ the spirit.
19- THE FLIGHT FROM FLATNESS 195
The elaeement of 1111 instrument ls sure 1Igu
158 oC 1111 fl\-olutlonary atep. The 1- iotrusiYfl
our I� world iJ (and loglstiCI
are a good percentage of it), the !lfflall« ils
me, and the lea.st energy hungry, the more
the miDd of IIIIJl will be capable of taking
lllell with the body ioto the beyond of
iMttes-. Tb.ts will come about ooly If
ooocum,ntly the comp!Clllty of Ide 1s
WiodJng itsell up.
90. COC-.C TO NOWHERE, ANYO:-tE? 199
The dmplJstlc contention that �Il-plamiNI
177 mus transportation will do the Job of
desegrogatiog people, pe:fonnanc:es, and
eoviroamellta by the miracle of speed Is
getting to be too ltalo and eostly. Our
opentlooal grid,, the dly la)outJ, are
ab.tnction,, and nothing will do In 10lvlog
the lugistb of life. We hlld bottl!I' look at
the greai. masttt of all, the biological
methodology. There t.Dd only there lies the
aoawer.
185 Sl, UTOPIA w
The more power wa hold the more in
OUtlM'(!I la the poteritlal for good and evil
Unleu we are able to guide ounelvee by
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c....,-,, c-..i. ,nil

the light wo must see far ont lht>re In the 15. CIVITATE OF.I 217
future, a light eons in the mu.king, wo will We are not gcoctioally "6.nali�otl,• as that
be forever mired in futile battle,. The would Imply a divon:e from the
battle, for instance, for producing muro eov!ronmentru lnBuences whose fatte1 are
and better wrong things. still and "forever" powerfully working on
the manifestation., of file. man included.
::2. ARCO.MEDIA 221
A sure way of doing harm to man ls to let
one side of him-her wither 11wny.
Psychosomatic man must be kept tnformt!d
not only by wn.y of nbstracts but row.idly.
The body and I.ho brllin IDllko up tho
pcrion. Tho senses, all lho S(:fUCS, must be
advised well 115 they arc the "'inclO\Vlo to
l..'llowledge and wisdom.

23. AMERICAN WlTllORAWAL Fl\O�l

AMERICA .229
It Is difficult lo distinguish In the
contemporary American scene whnt t1
wltlidrnwal from what Is rout; the future
will tell. Ju cltbor cuse we an, at best
making our future by default nnd we
cnnnot go on this way for long. as the
dulling of tho soul Is aqu!CS<.'Cllco toward
non-Ufo.

l4• THE LUST BAG 239

Written In quosi-tot11I Ignorance of the
Fn.>t1tllan world, this might well be the
mo.t oaive of all the papers. It could be
lllken os on ox11mplc of covlroumeotal
information (nperfencod) not
cortoboratcd by remote (read, etc.)
lnformnUon, thus lacking roundness, ancl
)'Ct •• •
h man II o � con,trodnr of 1h11 m-
1'ironmenl lui ii unawidably in/lualCl11g hit
own genetic lltnu:tut'fl.
PAUL VAL£RY VARI� IV
•1.e ra-ot nous appera.lt comme une oonjoncture ans
ptt<:«lent et aan, exemple, un oonllit sa� issue e-nln! des
cho_, qui na ,aoe,at pa, mourlr et des chosu qui na pe,..
onitpa, oior,.-

"On peut dlre que l'homme, a'61olgnant de pl•L1 m plus, et

bleo pl111 raptdement que jnmals, de 18 condltlons prim!•
tlvel d'existence, 0 arrive que tout c• qu'il aolt, c'w-1-d.ire
tout ct1 qu'U �. lo ppo.,11 fortement l ce q,lU ut.•
For tM ,plrlt lo bt bom and to become,
matl,r and t'flergy MOil to bl manipulated.
Capturing, and 1tianl ptdotion, havo to btJ
highly ,elllelfoo and demanding. Flesh Ii tl111
trONfigured matter made Into a new kind af
BMrgy, thf liulng energy that wl•ld4 luclf up
by COt1111mlng.
PREFACE

We, the c:,oollNnpota.y (Western) family of man, seem

ID bold the unique and unpretedented position of a IJving
die.._ By a dionu of knowledgeable t'OO$ellt, we an,
not only obaruc:ting the conltruction of a better world, we
- close to briDglng life to a cruhlng halt.
It woold be pretty Ironic If, u we c:ome close to the
■tdleial threlhoJd of the third millennium, we would hy
data ad ,uperltitloo. by bWl<:hes and '1wd facts," by
a,nuption oE ldeu, h5rt and deeds, h)· failure of the
wlll, llnd OU1NM11 p,ycllo�lly and mass-hyst<!riclllly
Nady for the mOlennfu,n and the De1DeSis of the god,. It
_.. be fronfc becau1e <,ur conceited view has beeo that,
for all our faulla, wpeulitioo and lm'Dlinal bigotry Wt're not
- bag, Wflll the age oE enllghtment betwttn 111 and the
dak ..., with ..,,inenoe, lldence, rallonalmatlon, tcch­
aoloo, cle11w i:ncy, mamsm. sodeltsm. tecboocracy. mooa
.... IIIIClvblology, etc., with the power of the mind
waapped _. the powm- of the bulldll7.ll!r, with the
Noe I,g oE mablriallsm-opuleoce. - bad left the gloom
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and the nnguish behind, the demnn1 nf the 11pocal)l"9
in the deser t and the dust of lgnorn11«,, , , ,
I do not bow to the death wish wu t!l<lul,11 oynieally wi u
sign of existe ntial responsibility, nor du 1 aympelhlt.c wltl1
the pietists sporting the Bowing rohc,, t>"nrtl.! nnd undal,
of the simple and the meek, I find thtt hord•headoJ
tecbnocrnt utterly pulp-minded; and 1110 poUtlclllJl, IIJO
busy to know and to be serious, I Ond hirn sm1,tl1..-ring the
soul, while flu.5bing hlstory inlO tlu, puSl 1L1 if i l w,,.,, IUl
undlgesti'ble bat somehow bomogenc�ble �Int,
J see mOJ1t o( th e c,qµivooation, the l�hility to c.ot1n«,t,
synthesize, t"Ommunicnto, net, o.s the g•p between lho
nuts and bolts !Gllntlc UJ1d tho 1,pirltualisl not to mention
Lho "m)'ttlo," Lb� lmpl�d, the poft�s'IOII. The ch11tn1
•N-mS unbrldgeuble and th� pontoonN floottng "'' the
melllphorlc aml not ll!J metopl11,rlc liloo<l nf the tip<1clc,,
all the speo!es, seem only to cllr,y lr11gmc,nts of l:nowlcdgo
too lm\All for reoognitlbn. Thi) diologuo i1 thm ma111 of an
lll'tlllury e,ichaugo only t.roadClllltlng d&tructlon 1md
hnrdly IU\Y rec:eption otl1r.r t!wn barn,ges and blows from
the 1>ther side, Yot both tho mnttcr-uf•fu,1;no.11 m1u1 11nd the
111<:tnpbyalctnn o.re th= l>oo4u,e tho ndvetllll')' Is then,
o.llo, Tho bddge obovo tho cho."In ond the �h!lmble 11
11ltlmalely tho mwvel of subtlety Into which "1IU1Ss energy"
II nlilo to ,-ouvert itself, 1111d both men ure the bullw,11 of
jt,
Tho bridge betweeo tontti>r ond splrlt Is oMttcr b�com•
Ing -tplrlt, This &w frnm tho lnd,·Onlle-lnilnfte !hlo tho
utterly 11Ubtle ls the., moving arch pnurit,g phy,;Ical matt«
lnl'll the godllnes� C>f oon.'ldou, 11nd metaphysical eO"<gy,
Thl.t ls the oonl.c:rl, tl1e place where we must begin oru,w,
Thero am not reo.lly t"'O *borc,i 1U1d tho c:lwm of Ir•
reoo11clll11tlon fu hetw_, but thtru Is an anchorage, tho
physical mooring and a rndlnncr cmnnating !'Tom It, The
phyrlcul mooring l., "loCll.lly cslllbllsbcd" at every lnst.anoo
of 11ctlon, The nulJo.noe ls the glow emltt«l whmatver the
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ar 1111 RE I' H I sl o. I a (1 I • G, I• G, Tl X Tl IP IM Pl I .,,, M + V X
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minimal int eriors S The Spaces E The pla tform for ar . .. ■ Trad itional Archi tec. .. ,, I '0/\0l Ol OE/\lOOOEiK,E�
111,,tumorphn!tl• of mnttcr Into �plrlt hn� h<-gun. 11,I� rutll­
uut:a l,cglau unly lu thos..• l11s1nnce• 11h1•re lhP orgnni7cd
m:lltrr hrct1m('JI 11ltr11-org11ni�c<i into u Ln111scc11dcnc� ol
lts<'lf, o h1h1rt1 genl'r11t<1r, 11 ,,reatlng IT,111B•m11chlno. T cc h -
11ology b neiU1cr Ute.> mo,;,rlll!( nn, tho r,1ell.111<'d, fl Is fl
mt>1U1t u•eful In the uch.ull lr.i1uJorll)11Uon, Tl is m�llcr
mnnlpuL,letl into l'C)uipm�nl for gl'1)Wtb, Wl,en �ud1
�ulpo1wt liccomeJ I.be mc.�•ngo thC'n thore r� no mossnge,
tcc-hnologfml sophlstlc.1lfo1t perbups, but uol II thing Lo do
with II, The oppo!llu of lhls 1,mctlon,u t'Tllplino,-, ii 1bo
conc<"l't of C'.od, th<: pure �pilll for whom the m,:tlin hai
l>e<-n nhllterntl'd nnd only the message-spirit rcm11ln.1. Aull
tl,i, 11 nut bccuustl lh11 whola �xtAnt r.i,u.lly hn� lx!como
Wfl �,·cll1t, thcr<'foi·e tl.10 mess"�"• hnt lwc11u,11 the lnwo•
sily of the mcssng£> hos mctamorpho�ized tho nu-dla wto
purl of tbe mes,nge. For ln�k o[ sn<'h {divine) lnteJL�ty,
the mNHa aucl th e m�.sst1g1i ore upall ouly lo toi11cic.le
11grun at tlw entropic el\d (the pnrl opp<,.ite tll the •plrlt)
wh<'r<l th<" meSl:ngo IS 2�ro !lnd lhtt med.lit Is 011 <-11dlt-st
Wll�klaud,
Then tllC'hnolllSY Lt not nil tht•rp I• (IrulJ<-r), II l� whnt
lhr.re t, thnl we �nn u:ic to �..-nte n 1n111Ml'Chn(1loglcnl
uuivc�. Tho "w,:t b It.elf lcclu,ology in '-"'er� l11shtut·<'
wbcrt, tho (eidstcntinl) norm i. m.dntcntlve, the bou.,e•
kN"plng of a co.1n1os whkh tnu• reullty 18 In It, own
tmosfnt'tllllllon Jn o bcttc.r seli. For u com,os whoso
"whal" Ill tochnology. the "why" docs not U1tt Iler ns lhcre
b no £oonllty nor good o.nrl evil in It. !"or ll ro•m(IS who.•o
"whnt·· is Lho ,pirlt, U,o "why" 18 cre11t!On an<l tlie "how•
Is technology.
'vVbnt r� such tcchnologyP rt I• lhe con�tn1ct:ing •kfll
mnking th11 hrldge, 1'he l,r!dg�. thl5 <1ng111Jr lnln or struo­
turti,, £ou1idod 011 111lnorol rnooritl� twd pcrpctuully •urg­
ing n,Vlly £rum 111cm, s11tun1ti1ig It.self ,;,£ spirit WI It ls, Is
still, 1tud mand11todly so, mude of mfnera.1 stuff more or
Wli$ subtly m11nl[1nlnted 11-1\d roflned by life oud mm� Not
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11 mo,� to rn.,n tmn tt<lllOlnn, pol,tlcs, '"" IV111 nod tlio
only tissues and flesh out of -soil nod sun; but •1-I steel
punwt of li&pp!ut!SI, thcrc bd.tn be more m UH, 1wydcnl
out of ore, plastics out of oil, etc. Tho physical ltructure la cm'lrotunt-nt thnn ,,hot man (\\'�tCT11 11111n aod nr.lll­
still the skeleton of the spirit, and stn1ct11re ls tho brldgo­
\\cstan man) Is l,r.ot on doing now. '!hat lhe unlm>l�n
b'ain on which tho spirit travels and grows atroogtt. The
•plml that hu brought spirit out oI atone is itill c!Jmhing
physical energy consumed in tho durational fownl')' goes
upward and thn lnstmmeot,aLtv ha needs In tli!s mlrM1.1-
ultimately into the generation of tho life energy which, a,
bu1 punttll mutt Lo up to thf! tuk.
knowledge, is not constrained by 1h11 physical law of
energy conservation but transcends it by creating oot a( An npolo&Y lf 110 111uch of the wntlng JOIL!ll11l llo scr­
itself more of itself. \Ve call this creation of mental energy monlzlng and nuut.llng ol,;,ut, Tl, IK'ItnOIU nre dlrcd«l
the "leaming process," the inc=entation of knowlodgo, to m.> df and I 1101 ll,e Rot (the 1111lvP) In line trying to
1.1.., process of civilization. - If the wntteu w11uh INl mor� t1i:u, 11n ldkl �
Tho technological methodology ever pr!'.5ent when this
C11,antl, Mzo,,ia
proctlliS iJ active ls threebcadcd: compleauty, mlnlaturiza•
]Ul!J 197:a
tlon and their durational deplo1'll'lcnl. Thi, ls the trinity
which mill-CS the stone glow and become ,plrit. Jn their
absence e,·en Cod becomes a wl!llk, tMuout, slrnpl!stlo
hypothcds. How far we are from the condition where the
mmago 1w dissolvod the mcdlu, the thcnrcttaLI goohcad,
I! apparent if we look at tho present c:xtrabiologlcal tocb­ ..
nology. We Snd It to be the grent overslmplilicr. Tech­
nology, u we have it now, ls the resolver of ono-al••·
lime aspects of a problr·m tl1al, ls alway§ far more fac-eted
and outroochlng than any of each of Its aspect.. Tech­
nology focuses on one of tho comers and single-mindedly
forces • �lut!on, the local solution. Oft�n. if not always.
t}1f!re lsot such a thing u often-if-not.always and for the
same reuon practlcal lllllll falls real man. If there I.I DU)'
compreben.,1\-e dellnition of pollution it lias to be found in
the fllllure of technology to OOCOWlt for I true tuning lo
on A problem in it:11 totality. That Is to say, 11:11 failure In
fost,.ring tho Bpirit, If U1e reference "point" b the 'P&it
then wheoevtt spirit is not incn:mmtcd, pollution fl prol·
�l In its m05t comprehensive form: entropy. Entropy
and polluUoo arc ono and tho same.
Thit group of papen spanning about ten years are ro­
lotod to one w,oth1...- through tho conviction that a, there

THE BEAUTIFUL BODY IS AN
AWESO}.fE POWERHOUSE
Our t«hnologlstJ. our eoll!rgy espestl, - •• ..
•••-­
Wuta. our mal engt»-., our polltkJula, - 11 11,
our know-what aod know-bow - uw f J; i,.. ....,
bllng. falling an tholr 1-. 1 bave - ID 1M It ¥I
amcllllfoa that ..-hat - to be obYlaul II ....a, -
IUlpected by the wlyst-e..pe,ta. Am I die .a, - ....
- the duect, unM111bble � ...,.... rel 11
lhlp (colncldfflce) bctw- the •qua11ty ol .... -4 ..
oomplalty of lb ltructuteP To lilt-. lo -, al._ -
cannot feel optimhdc. JUI the hope 11..a ..., llllt ..
enttuated with the future ol _.., What • f II .....
-.-- -,-
the lntlgbt on tbe real � ol 1M
,
a
•aoeaanoa• II not the ,1..,.1. of __ ....._ ►9 - ...
Ilive
Jlh-
rictoriel tbe ol life - bad. , ··- ..
above the aound foand•tfao al �•tWtce _. pd \tr
LIFE VERSUS NON-LIFE
T1- Acnla. - aod .... ally&: I• ..
ability ol the living pb,,oOIIICIIIOO lo -Cbn rl Ila.. F I
7
fll ... _!Maa •"bwww-L Not foe- eoy W ,cbea.
wdMI • by thbi lett, bul for the llmple If fund-mantel
- tlial -•• • the aormal, unlwnal c,aodltlon of
... ..._. t11 It cloea not teke greet aalntillc, pbllo-
a,'lm' • reflsk- lnaght to undeahnd tbat, of all
... hlz• We • mippcl In, thil battle for IUIVMII • et the
__. al 1M -,.. In fact, there II when! the lleglng of
..., '°i:la..bagtm, henieaed by ,1lecbCH11agnedo-1JaYl­
bdR•J an the threlohold of evll!I' new experlencs,
.,....._ abllentioftl, lmowkdge. ffllltion&. ,ii­
..,1lcel liew ere utterly lndlspenable u tbt!y •re
91 ly uofa tag, They 11N the -•e.- of life end
;e:.
.. lalTlll b14...JN ltl 81gbt. The duJldic of tbe
iI 19 •1 plM-1n "- la that ttltal 'J'lrttuellty ct-nda the
Hj y Mag ,I llie whole phytbl unlvene Into the mollt
............, w wnr,Mfng •m•chlM for -tm.• 1hm
die cna,,qatlt. pllldwt-bdote-lt-u,an, pnd Wgns of
- llal1emaaJ elite Iii a dumb, dim, falladous, h1poaitf.
eal, fnadallDt game 1mudg.,d.-i,n the body of the .-1.
11at petllln of the bmrlod enviromncmtal&t cluhes Mad
- wlda ...... ocapeaioD lnhenmt lo the �
., ... whale t.41......
TI itag JD the bridt, the wall goea out of focus
a Yag amiagy .a lnlbnl balco-out of a jMUCW ol IIODI.
16 II ,_ In ud by • mental ke ap. U, a-1 by
llit Ii 11)' of the petlent end charitably upwt by the
"- el pam perpmated bv a suable -,, - - ID
n6• ,_ • \al ·""'P'Y lO llnd IC)(III after that the
- ....... up lo amty - plllOIII, we would be
... In I
•rl
fl ' cont I wbe1 - _pned1 now In the
◄ 1 •...,• We do not .-Dy ..-t.-t the �
... el e 1 y .ipealng up new mndfdary oa -
ad...-.. c,a;whau. Thet Iii pwg.w .nd the punuft
el I .I • a We -.a.. -...,. mndJ-r, encl •objec.tlv,oly" ha(
A
llitt adt I Itel 1:1:PIItr- -t.,r.
dty be -n.pr.m.d;
::..•iP cl - oa the body of dYllmtioa and
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But things are far worse than that. <:ornetbfog i. ael I,g
within the analogy. The patient Js DOI II. be, her or them.
The beautiful patient is us, the phenomeaoa ol life. F­
concealed sadism the p�s JIIOW.S, owirt or DOt. to
masochism ... death wishP We act u If - _.. not
able to brush away from the beautiful &e.h ol our body
the germs that will then infect the slin and peoebabi the
flesh to burn the body and � the -1 Not only
do we seem not to have a future willed and pusued, but
we court ever-new ills and epidexnio by not obaarvfog the
clcmcutary ruJ.a al hygiene. Lei ouc"s own body do Its
owu thing truly eoviionmeotally, �. letllitl..dy
(hf.ware of •p�anm('ffl), Do not let the erusts ol 111-
llenlith.-ity and segregation bulate and estrange one -
or ouo organ from tbe oext. Do not let the iDfcctioa run
unchecked. l':o, wo fusl sny that tho lnfoctlon la tho alp
ol our heolthy mte, the growing pains ol an undildpllDed
giant
TJlF.: CLUMSY CIA.\IT
nio giant Is obrurdly tearing itself •pert. etcepmg &om
tho sdf into the non-self, lntn the naught ol • mental
abstraction, called nature, tbat barrel of illusiom, mela­
choly and obscurantlan, that portrait by • imd pamlllr
or by a Wttkeod poet at loss for thlnga to do, that
bntasv of tho •ootdoonman,• that mlnd-fabdoated -­
chaotress. /1:ature it far more and far beyoad such fabd­
tatlo11•. lt Is the myriads ol furnaces of tho atan. It II
blllions of ton.� of g,,ulltl' and Iron. It Is a quasl-lnlnlty GI
m-orgy. It i.s time unraveling p,Oi InM MeJy.
·c1ooer to us• nature is still immmsely daatlslag tbo
dusty comm of the mind. It ii the - menlpa....,,
of enerJlY, the fumace of the run'• energy e-lgtng -r
with tbe sun's ine:rplic:ablc action, from lb OWII hay, to
become the accumulator of thooand.s ol cubic mo. of
forns and f orests, diatom and &,sh, made lalo fcallt, to
be- tho ,mesbo•atcd trlggcr of gmc-nation alter genera.
tian of lNll!tM\ -lc!ot acaturcs, gm=n wl brown, black
wl •lute. diephaPOW u,d �ue, quivering. •lllll,• float.
Jag. crawling. nma� lying. t.'OIDlng to life, proocs•lng
ud tnmJonalng. awJng the I and tbo Thou out of tho
It. edMnudug dirt wl atoao. malmg ng,mn and gentle
dwatfou .JUt uf limo, pullug on aud ••,ay , , . • ltlllll­
mcyclopedla. livfag end portraying ttl own writll!n word&,
tho lop. A reality unfoldlng hlttol)', endlessly meta­
::t"'rlag Ill pragmatic sci!, • natuni that ndtber tho
-lamigry develop« nor the lbrry-eyeil (•mt ltanl')
)'OUlb. nor the tclf•righb,om ffllbgist, nor any of the
IIOllell « not ,a honest bmd-wagoar.n b ,.;Jling « abJo
to IN, and CM!D lea to tako into IK'COUIII In a ,i-ay, the
wildcat drllll!I-, the mlnc-•trlppt,J", the IDdumfaJ tyroou OI'
bu c¼nwtb..i counteq=t are, ttell:uly no doubt.
to1n1ng III a ddlance of "nature• that ,wts better th$
aei-11m of botli life and II� .api.,u 1n It. The throst
of llfo II 1DON1 fmpetuou1 In thm\ than ii b In Iha piousntss
d tho ecologbl and bis S3Cral status •1110. Which ii
..ti.re tho amlogy .. again falling shalt of the nbjoctl,11.
What II not IIC!l'OUllted for ts the durational ttansfonnhm
ol reality as - llve It on this earth. 111e •-If; who II
tho tabjor;t, II IICJt an ffl'ml. pewpcrtualJy rt'fonnlng flldf
Adeadcally, but Instead a IC'lf-aating •orgi,n1sm.· Thus,
the baaJda an ptt ., ls tantamount to • dcspaat.: lifa
oo,idltl,,.o hngpd down to the drudgesy of main!�
ud • DI( fde ...udlllsm •1th DO trace of '°1·
n.
LIFE'S CHAIN
DIUIII-. of the '-utlful liody II far tho pur­
pma al cnating an ever man, !Mmutllul ooe. u the presmt
- :II IW!Ig i.. or - than tho fruitful "product"
al • .._, ._dlfal body panm.t to It. It would not �-a
- about wtthoat tho trust and - ........wgc· uf th,,
pc :s, ft 1r:a, N¥'Aher link ID the dialn of the acll•

10
making powerhouse of the real. U "'" -1- pretend
legitimacy (not to demand suicidr) tbl,n automatically
such right bas, as a mirror image nf itselr, the lmpentlve
of creative continuity. A faulty bnlc or a non-formed one
is by for the least compassionalt d,....d life c.n a>U.pse
into. A sin by default probably, • iln cooJured by both
lack of hope and lack of ¥vision.n
FROM MA'ITER TO SPIRIT
Tbus, the beautiful body of the analogy is not ooly not
skin clamsed and whnJ n�,y ....-gically &-1 from
troubl- '1nd me-nacing spots al inftttion, DOt only
trf>Ated 11.< if it really \Yere not of nur CODCffft what the
CIOIISCqUC'IICCS might bo, ignoring thul it is oar ten-estriaJ
and whole reality, but it II Bho. and espccWly by ti­
who should know better, taken for what it Is now and not
for what it ls beroming. A becoming which Is long and
unintcnuptl'd. consm,11Jvcly ipl'llldng, from the time when
the sun cometh about In the slues. Why such becomillg
1""'1ld be stopped cold now beause fear or plet.lsm order
so ha not been oq,lained, u It bu not been e,q,lalned by
anoth« faction why the ec,onomle lnceotlve must be the
ubitcr and ruler in its becoming.
What IS th,. guiding thread that makes our Intervention
on the beautiful body right and legitimate!> The one that
most forcclully has for its outc:om,, the transo•bctandatlon
of �tg)' Into 11plriL To reject or Ignore thb at tlm
time and age is to be pretty bllod and quite ,emote &om
the faru of the evolutionary transfonnatloo-trudgura­
tion o! an nttl1 made from stnne and &re Into what it Is
now, • ,ensJ!lzed, 1e115itive, sentient, to 1ay the vsy leut.
·spaoesrup• (space ,piritl -.rth.
Tho same guidelines and methods thl. aeetwe bu Jn.
vented to d-1op itsc,lf ue here for us to adopt If - are
really wbat we pretmd to be, mind-endowed anfmall.
We (l mean life oo earth) oan produce and orgume-
5pH i, JI_,, 8-lng Split u
billion ol b,1Jioos nl oells Into a conaJ reef, and/or ultra•
organize a comparable number of coll, into a penon. Side
by side thole two phenomooa toach us • pretty solid
leuoo. Thero where the otgnnization Is more ltringent.
tbe lnwDtlclll more robtle, the variety of e..-ents great«,
� mDDber of relationships more num..-ous, the 11!1\&ltivlty
- cleveJoped. tbe resp0DN1 lea predictable, etc., that
la to ay there whtn tho complexity is greater (mi!Uona of
t!met greater In thb lnstanoe) , there is where tho .spirit Is
and provalla stronger. Thero Is where Is acted, and more
Impatiently, the whole d,ama of the maaive, powmul
thrust ol what oril[inally bad been • torpid and brutish
noo-aoqul-,oe to pure physicality-predictability and
what ts b�tng into the oomplc,c (and consequently)
into tbe UDpfflilctabllity of �-er-increasing con.'IClousness­
knowledge. tteativity.
� •cen.• of unfathomably greoter richnea than tho
little, tmv,,w,1 coral pol)'pUI, u it is gnuitod and ft Is r&­
jolcod. wo, the quasi three billloos ol pcnoni, are oon­
acioualy and IIDOOll.fdously working at the lnvelltloo­
oonceptbl ol an ultra-person or tmna-penon wbo will
place the family of todav's man (In relati,.., terml) in
tdmllar podtloo u the coral reef c:olcmy, ooe u,e.exteodcd
organfam, ltll)'S to tho organislXI of a mammal. ( It bu to
be pointed out that I wn &Imply refening he-re to t},o
direct melb>•htp between livclln_.spfrit and oomplexlty
mlrdatarbatlon. and not Implying blologbl-morpholog­
lcaJ.ontological-thoological oompatibilitles. Though on this
- we must be more aware that clas,i8catlon and
cpedfted destlnles are good worldng tools, not God_.
tabHsbed categories.)
BESPONS1BIL11Y
To aay that the little pol)l'u.• will go to enrich the lime
of tbe - Boor while a penon will have to go to heaYell
or bell is just another way ol mylng that homo fabor's
 Splrfl i, Al'"""1 � Splrll 13
12,

re•poa•ihililies are myn.,ds of tlml'> hNivfcr tbAn those of U.S.A. BICENTENNIAL 1976
!Lo ooml Fabricator arc. The mea,,u,1 ol the dlllawce la
writtC11 In th,, bi.Lutce sheet of joy IDd lllfflJW, collldCIU9-
ness, compassion of bolh. GENERAL
Where dooe mluJaturiz:tliOn come in? It CIOIDfll wllh OBSERVATIONS
complmity a.s the two arc but two a,pec-ts of DIIO phmomo­
t1QII: the generation of ronsdousncu within brute mattar,
Tlw �/Uty ol a fulu,e whoso eomplmty-U,�
sLlnds to lhll prtse.nt as the present Jcgreo of coc11pkdt:r­
1976
lin,linea stands to tho univ.mo of tho con) �
Is only affnrdable by a pbeoOIOOOak>gy ablo to pack mmo
and morr, of Its 0\\ 11 f1tt1 ln!O lem-r wid Jeae. ,ptm!
See the blo-ttt:hnolQ(!Y of tho bnln as the IDOll mid tS L.....� BIOPHYSICAL

�8
t--------
w ,_ DISCIPLINE
nample. See the el«tro-�logy of the oomputer as a
g,tiu appnmmatlon of u ft11'11·blological tcd111ology In
itocc fo,; tho lutwe. Thl'l'O ii where tho m!ndl ieu of
our plnunen boNimet clenr, BushMst as usual, or as asual
with �. Is not bll5incn at all. ll Is plain oblcur­
llllllffit. All th;; pre.blew c» �Litkm, of �
(n(>t wergy ncod, by tho WIiy), cl comen� of land. !�
� ...
!5a
,. ta, nlr, raour,.,cs, apcdcs. ct:., oI waste 1111d _._, PHYSICAL
al pclmtion. of � of frnstraUoa. ol bareiuxndo STRUCTURE
IJfp,rJnn, of poverty, of pauperism. all but aD of ti­
lUl! directly, Indissolubly bound to the. 1...owcd'ubm of
our minds In dealing dh�y and farcduily wllh tho ,,
<»lnddenat If DOI ldaitity bctweai the quality of life, kl
compkxlty and tho m!nbrurtz>C'd character MONUiy for 3 DIMENSION.t.L
IU COnhfnen DtACRAMS
The ID:ibllity to fdcotlfy 11m Nlm'.la tloa that (Jn)y _.
1e1111 tho traru6g11ratlon of pb� foto IIICtapby,k; th.t ii
to �), rroas the rc:,i\ity of four or so bilUom ol ynn ago 'nltte b no compwlon In o IOtkty pamrlng lfflllC C!I!•
to the nmlfty of to<by, lhl, otcmcomenl guldod by tho a1lil ally. wbeo tlds amc, soddy dell,,, lbc: f, more ccmpro,
of )-rstcnhy, tlib bead-tu-tho-and ol tho dereathered hc,asjy9 equity of a ,elf-creating zul ty. I earn atl)'Qne to
biped, ii what pan.lyzo oor policies and pn.rmpll our d/smta tbe Imperative of AK"h congruena, wid 1ti11 pro­
PWl!. Wo act coogruomly with tbo throat of llfe _, old lffld to bt, mpomlhlti £o,· bh own act,, I d:im anyone to
or - put ounelves out of at ahogctbec, •y that III a "practlt1oaer• ho or abo awnot dwnll In met•
14 Thq Tirltlgo Brlu.>ecn Mltlln I,
nphysics. I do.re the technologist to mnlntnin llut hord• A VIE\V OF TI-IE UNITEI)
wore is what will make or break It. I dare homo faber, STATES-LOOKING TO\VARO
tailing on homo opportunisticus, to lllY th11t there is where TIIE BICENTEN 'IAL 1976
the future �-
One of the homo faber's inventions wos nnd Is lnnguago,
Language bns been the instrument or the spirit ever since.
By it homo faber has become "ide11Ustto• (logow, the
verb). Homo faber carries on, forrclillg out the lrutru­
mcnts for the genesis of ideas by which creation gOOJS on.
Full of dread will be the day when homo faber t11ket
00ntrcl again.

GENERAL 01\S1"RVATIONS
C'.ons!ilcrlng the bUJOOtcm6\,'0(('Jl.don n1 m pivot point
£,om "hkh to tal.e stock of Ii put of grnyl11g oWUJC:t't
an<I of• future OM sed:s brighter, It b e,ukr and pos­
sibly of JtJme ul(I to bo cplgr.unmntlc ll<ld. quite pcmibly,
dogmatic.
1�ro l1 lea anrJ lr,sa rc:LIOO to 111rnm<1 tl�t the human
��purely au •�'ate, of lodhidual phenou1cna forcocl
lo • promllcuoo, c:Liatenoo by tbo limltocl eo,·olope of tho
earth. A mental q,here is gn,dually thlclenlng ttrid n�
blog lbelf arouod the blo"{lh�tti. The ll�linea, cl thb noo­
ap hwe, as Te!lharcl <le Cluudin Dills Jt, ls tho oonsclous
and uncon.sdou, roncem ol 111:ioldnd.
S111ce to uscu the condition of mllll and ln<>k beyond
tho prcacnl b and IIIlll •lwlaya be done from spcc iAc
posltloo1 Jdlned by lhe bilcl:gro11otl of the write:, I 11111
trying to ace what physJe11lly tlln be given to th■
nootphem fn tmns o! ei,\/lronmmt an<! lnttnunmt&llty.
'Ibis I& • priority of llm magn,tudo I{ wo keep io miai.l

i6 The Brldgn Bciwrrn MatlM ir
t],3 t, once deprived of the universe of nrtifnc:lll he hnR In­
vented, man is the most naked and belpluss of belngs.
We are, if anything, three things, we are environmental,
we rue social and we are cultural. Thul Is lo suy, mnn Is
irrelevant when put out of the envlronmcntnl, lhe soclal
tllld the cultural context.
Coming down to "Homo Americnnu�," ono might sny
that no continent can aH'ord a ono-vok'O reprosentutioo
as has the North American continent. Few exocplion,
aside, this one-voice representation Is of the most frnudu•
lrnt nnt:uro, clearly n fraudulence or sub1tance not of rep­
n•scutnlion. However wtll the d1•stf11y of the American
nnllon ru,d C111mdu cot1cludci ll�df, I.ho lmr,hnc:-., ond
cn,dlty of its contluontnl (ecological) perform,111ce wlll
be inscribed in history nnd wiU explnln n lot of why 111
dc�tiny got so warped.
nra,·i,<l a1 much nR It wns on ��lf-l'lghteou1ncss, bent M
much M It w,tB on n terrltorialilllTI and nn ownen;hlp often
n,�crh'd nhov� nnd agaln.�t lmmnn rights nnd lifo, making
n �lorious sag.i of the Incliim genocide, nud II mfnor blcm­
uh of sonctioncd and 11nsnnctfo11ed slavery, tl1e American
clvlliznllou has also mudu o point of pride to mpo its own
continent (adding ever-new dimensions to 11$ destruction),
We will not know whnt to do ,vith ourselves, let nlone
celebrate a blorntcnn!nl, if we do not focc the m,1,.•lv11
power fot squulor we aru ,,xcrdslng. Wu Luw mode
prngres, ln our conccm, If not in our pr11cUco, £or tho511
tl,ing, thnt demnnd social equity: but we do not find
lulcrcst in tbc problem of coherence hctwocn us and the
g�aphyslco-blologloal reality whoso sphcrlcnl envelope we
oro p1trt ancl pnrcel 0£. Thls sll\te of congn1ence ls a
p�rvnslvo necessity, embrnotng ond containing 11111 problem
0£ equit y it.sol!. Equity Is not possible outside the larger
contnlntr of oongruonco. Congrucnoo IR l't'ally a condition
of L'<Julty th�t hns brought Into Its frume all tl.io com­
ponent, thnL nro usually Jguo,cd Lo tho orthodoxy of
soclul equity.
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In 1he United Stales, gni.11ttd ovmap1ilni;s en,! hivn•
11,nom, OM can ..,., w hk h Ill• ,1re of ir,c,:iulty, wldcli of
Jncongrumc:e. Racism, bfgnb)·, ,;rel'll, hypocrlty, h,wlcr­
ance and f111t are wo,�lng •&,4lMt e<Julty. Unlw1111co l,e.
tweet, analytbl worl: and 1y111h�tic trust, l11dlllcttJ1t'O
toward the worw.nlng c:rwlronmeulal pu,al,:, unllmlloo
p«mladvm<:111 1011$lrued Ill freedom 1110 working 11&"-imt
rongn-. A 1111tc., oI ( appanm t) aoclal oquJty cun th11.1
be highly ioo:Jultablo when ol»,-r\·oo flODI A pt»itlon of
oon� 11ill dOCII oot c,omc from thtl aubtc,cttve
vlowpolnt OD • matttlalistlc or det«minL'ltlo position. ft
comm frDID I.be pragmut11u1 dem.tod«I by • phc:,11110,anol•
ogy urwndlngly and 11nclMdedly =rnk,, rntnerul. toner•
got!c , blologtral, pt)'Chol()i,lcal, ltl<!lllru, cultut1l and IDrfal
that, In aD of lu f!ICC'IJ, hu a .dgnlfbooo And m flllldfcm
of unavolcbhle ormc:rolemm, Whtn we d.. mbu one c,f
U,em. we deouse alt pl thl'10 1111d u., all, 11.1 we ere of tbmt
alL
.
II It It th,11 hi ghly lmprel ,�Lfa Um! man mlgl1t lio •
ruCOOQ stury to Ibo ,..,,mi,· swny of C\'lll11Uon, II l�
principally bCQIIUIUl he might loe too !1lc in gntp1nK
bodily and mmtally the 1ulJ11tantlill onrue,1 of htmsdl 11nd
tho uni.-- tha.t conlali11 aa,l 1u�taln.s hlut, ffo �-in,
more alirl to tho morul and IOclal ovilJ he l.lvlsl!C',S out tha.n
to the blopbyskal llvib in whJcl, lio huffl1WI hie-If 1L11d
his 1111virmment. U11 11-tion on earth I• me,,., like ■ hlb,d
fwy than an)thuig e),e and he bccomd f'V<:r ,no,� adn,Jt
at it, Tho CPlebr11tloo of the bioentainllll 1houl.l tllf'l1 1,e
• bt-glnnlng ol -conttnmtal oongn1mcc• tlut on d," hu­
man level lnclutlai (ulomatlutliy) D nindlt,on of mlll
equity,
It 11 not a redeclJcatlon that will n,ve thl1 wnrl hem�
the pmnllcl •'111'11 stmngtly lcl nt tl1e lnCl'tJtlnt1. For 1ome
oblcun, rt-eJOU the 1111.,.,,Liy between the roclial flOO lhe
111tural IOOtl got on tho wrong footl.l•K attd ll,erc It 1&­
mablld. Exploitatloo hu been lho i.;ener�t dc,wnptlb1g
and Que-way relation ll<'tw II man 111tl 11ahu�. E.lploli..i•

18
tk11 of naluro and man w:11 al'!O c:irrlr.d out on thll -
mado-1hc vULtgcs. Ll>1• towns. the cltlca-np1ci tatlcln 1111t11
c,11e conldo'l c:ru-e 1w about the ltrlpprd-down brvta,
kH n� no ,non, l1un depleted c,unpln ground& lor 111Cb-
11t1cratlo and s,cecly wonder boys, llut prople an, popu­
lating thD>il ruiru, "erowlm( and d)ini; m them They
arc 1he lot who know lhe J.,rk ,wd lllihv COfl1ff u the
oommton,; of what is without or1tttlf, �villg the •ithla
oE oncl$elf n,olded drui w,upcd by it.
AJ rwrythmg hu a prloe. anotb1•r w11y of t:tyfng tb�t
there ua pdorirlel. II l.u I�, quilt> de¥ now arul for
aamo time th.111 - are Incapable of priclng lhlngs. Our
prloritJc, look m-m man- brutlll tlun l,1:um,. 5t'll! lite 6,-e­
'""" mTrldll ca?3dty c,( lhc U.S \'ffJUj the U.S.5.R.
(IJJC United S!Alo u four times mon., i--loring. one
gnt'.Ul'J), tho one, hundred mlllJon nan oo tbtl nm WTSlll
dyillg dtlaJ and a polluted cou lrv, tl.e glee and tho
r}Dry o( the Madaon A\'fflu,i lnronUllons Idling alamol,
.anoL., di- iwl 1mkwircc. It ii not ol toO much 11VDJI
to say manv poJ1dvc things biwo � 11�pl11bNl.
Tl.e WTI1tb oi ll<1Chl duos Is \\1lb w, both fl IIUd us ron•
bluc:d anJ lmprlsonul In nn mvlron111rot tbnt lwdly
C!VIT l,dam lo the "bola history of nw, b3s bttn more
tqll.3U.I, boo,11$C! the lijlWClr J"O'Sft,lc, In the n=blna age
Is anlq11c:ly unhum1m, 11 ii not m:idc of •'Ot11<01.1t obj«u
hut of ohsolcto Utlnp. enormouJ hap, of l.hl!lll. And tho
oblokto Is cLimorlng Its r� ond ltt fraudulnitt. lt
often �ems lQ('()nUptlble and mortifying rorruptlble flnh.
Crude and CTUC1I. It lllJU(CS wtlqucly Ll<--:u: ldtinp lor
1lalh Dnd der llctlon.
Hut don't we have tl10 splendor of mrburbla? Yet, the
myr!adi of golden aages to lono.:1111= 1111d qwasl-blologlcal
nostalgia. tba pllK'O wlw-re tlie cultunl 1ulddo of the
wt:Althlcst n:itJon In blstmy SO<lS on. The pbe.t •iwn
n,pidoumm and 11n»db a.re l(ljd by the mlJlJcnt of llttl'I.
Jmlccd, dimness 11od naught an, not ttally of the
Spltlt It Mew, � Spfrlt 19
ghdtOI, they lll'O ol the mbmbla, "l,em tho no IOtll. tho
black rm.tJ dl'&rly niad.t In 11:1 !want, is..
The coritlnait and tho cowitry na-d • lpOcle5 with a
vectorfal lluuat. \'ectorialJty clm1&11ds 1lNlturfl. Society
needs ro-crdlnaUve and ,yotheslnog clToru 111 the pliy•
kal bue of Its cslstcnc'cl that wiD pcnnlt lts urbcu, popt1•
laUm1 to lie truly urban \�IJetMmr such b not the cme,
tho dty bocomcs • Cordwi la,ot ol lrostmtlOD aDCI ttsr-•t!•
mmt, mid lt1 dtizcmy b allkcd t:, ,:h:ios and pl,yslro­
mcntal nuisuttlon. Society need, sud! co-<ndlnatlve clo­
mmb if It "iD CM!r bo equltable with lb ·people.
l'rlontkt ani to bo 1mpcctcd. othenruo m!nd 1111d spirit
an,deadU'IUt$.
As tho pa,ri'ol'IIWIOO of archltocts and pllllll>MI liu llffl\
almod ammtenlly irrelevant wtlhln the problem of 1111
urlieolrlng dvlliz,,tfon, I pr0pOltl that a llldinl departure
&nm the bopdoo wigle of our w-ban t'Cllti:n lltCffil a
pby1w,1! lmpemtlve, IOdally urgent, cultwull) miwdatory,
ml b1storica11y ( evolutlmwil,.) tl:11cly.
IU.'l
1. The t'lm two hundred � have beffl char1ictemrd
by I play of power Informed by owncnhlp and ,;recd,
POl Ly bumaneoeu.
L Free mterpr!Jc tw fa!Jed. IDClally 1111d cultunilly, rmd
bas 81abllsh«I nil of p:ac:tJcallty at II dtsmally law
kvel nf realism
3- The tcrlmuJoglcal aplorloo h&! 111bnrdinatcd tho
.-d.t of peopla to the tyrmmy or the produc;Uon­
comwnptJon ID)"ltiquo.
4, FeaslbWtv bu all but lullrd clcslnibility. CoruNJ,;,cntly,
wuto bu h«omc • pbyslc::il and ethical d,lrrnrna
15- Whole ma11 hu been i:oortUic<l by pc:n!stently wrung
priorities faYOrlng 1J11�lo pr.ictlocs.
e. Eq,cdimce bas clwadc:rfmd performana,. and o•
pedidX:)' ls most oJ the time lndo.=t lar the lac ll!
.., .,,........._,,, .........
man. With a rmadlllon ol � il ulau ':..
IOciAl temper �•, by • II;. f II 1 •
reAdlonary.
7. The country baa lll!plftmi ibal ma ._ :r \
inasmuch u It hu demon■tnled a I i •• ..
destnldlooof the emloglaal bah- It ._ al _. .,.
8, 1'hC! t11rmn-t ll. b,NpOlitlblllty that II• .... ,_
of ht e conlempo rilrf ■cene might - to • c.o.
dusion. u time for rocovery ll ptlfas mt. -
"'Y one generation.
CHANCES
1. Knowlcdgt,. CO!>a't'le llfe. lo nnt ingralMII la. CAA
■hfp but In Ult' (�) and the 'Cit It Ila -
bnilla lo millythat - l>1t1.u• lb■ - _.
reality, not owned by IID)"IM, IIMit ti. ID Ill pk;•·
down IO ks expedlt,ac:y lewl.
L 'TIM� IU!telprf,e RW1 4' ..,..ity 11111 tr.,. ...4
edge, tht, �.IJnation _. the wudca ID .......
h ugolngtoputbl■,kill■tolllC!forbl■_ ...
alld d,e ab ol m•11klnct Soclet) mu■t l.rp Illa II
ddlno It■ ■odallty 1optti. withthe -•-- ,I
tba pp betwi!!eCI the pn,ctkal. wflh Ill I b2
rawards wl die real with tl ■ Imig.._ asu• JI
oonaet-
3, We CIWlOI 1tQ on Jetting technology 11111 w wlilt ID 6>
nm. We11 have to put end. ahead el - ., •
Snlng lea hypoc:ritblly oar alnll, I - ..._ -,, _.
ti- by lelllng teI �and •le! ,. ID ......
meana .ppop,Lote and _c/rnt ID the llllr.
-4• �•• gnll bi l llty and att► le em ID ..... tt ....
_., or performaoc,o, haw ar cud he t p I oe lliil
the n"1clwnl 10 Indulge III Im 11•••ul Alt ...
-- dawn� wd, go 1p=..t (..., ..
rm�) That -- for • ..... r ,
produ'1 and • ---- glut of tldap :: I I tw p1ap
,,.. ......... ... .,,,.
ks#Is I el ddnp _,lad uid not cbN, the
.... el ..... .. lunpwatJ...
.. ,,_ -- of ......... d- he t ffPlrtll _, the
.-Illy el • dwflDtion - dearly II.a wmllh and
,-.. la lb■ ca111 of the United Slalea, daent Is a
dNr 11111 � � bet11,een b l ■ .-Ith of the
....... lb■ .,.....,... ol fts cMl1atlon. JI -
-- ID .... ht e individual a 1iwller man, - mu■t
,,,.,. ldm (IMt II IO ay CIW'lffl9) U lll>'hou,med
......... 111..
8. We an111 - to 1em,, withthe mnblgufty of the
■spedlNlt Tbe drowning num ,,-Is a n,'!• not a
....... I I l•,g or • lrttun, Oft p� � or
.....J ,. Tho rope. for he t Amaksn ..um. ill •
.,.... diat will phr-lly elon:I hlm the mtrm
lie ha ...,_ It doe, not help IO wrap ht il p,lniui.lial
...t In the Lypoaily ul � and call It �
••• � • )ip IL. pragr1f-D• Cnmly thanw»dJ•
,..... wl die fe.ocba "-·- cl blolol), - the
■ •• - rality, the bottJmd; opening OD Iha
II p I ldngdcmi. If - Ignore them. - - In fm
- ◄Is
-,. 1'llt die -wwwm--1 be one under Cod might be al m-
llie■t• - people. It fl, though, al far - txm.­
lr ID Hrl If the ODUntly II one wflh dN. CM1tflwwwt
,.,..,, Mologlm)ly and mentally ifIking. �
... lb■ - ol the wwld at lup and b-e&ting
- ,,_. -- uytblng ...
I. Tlie A n:loau apwlwatbu had t■ l coane and lb
Olk I It II time for adul� ,rhcn the pollution al
.. .W p11 a pl blow • much a m111t Iha
,CM al Iha..,,.... ,t_ Now - bow we -
I tb _._.,_ at m. (What good "-bn.
._ ,- IF, -W have � • h1M1nbLi •
- aid _.. an .ie--id dasepw..ey i.
I ,g and pemw rx::• or Iha! we

The
1''011ld invest three lo four hundred lhouraDcl dotlan
pa klll 1ier person ln Atia, and toot Ins.,, ,-n -
would kill hundreds of thouw,cls ol "them'? Aod tbo
whole In ll:o fwi or wld� 1x:,wmty ud ID
dij;cnce , • , ?) It ls well tnnc 'A'e c:oncem oune1-mi
with tam which tnlght =II l,a wibcllaw.ble became
unbelie, ctbly cowpwssloaate,
1'TIE DIOPHYSICAL DISCJPLTl'."E
U b:<lmologlcnl had COOl(icnr of his dq,«,dent
pos!tloa In the wbolc, of mturo, ho would be better
ulppcd ID do• l)ood job for blroidf bcc■use In the loag
nm, • cosmologlml phaiomenou mq;ht put an rod to the
ach two ol msn. This pbeoomfflOII b prot..bly In the
m:aldng. and I U quit# pomble 1h21 DWI It llftO of the
agt:nb of tbJ.< rn•kfog Omq;atd for naturo ii, In -, caie,
th,, worst ptcmlse, for aun1wl. let aloDc d,,,,L1• -•
Wbatevtt - do In m<I:.lli, politics. pbllosopby, ad­
�:s. Js hlgbly frrcl,n II th,, fundamental tonteU al
11atural PWJ Is lgnan:d. And 1111taral man b lgpcncl the
most wbm nostalgb dktah:s. N rural man la that creahln!
WIIOIO complciily b lo a;asbnt powth (culture) ad
wb:ise biological mucturc Is an mdupellsabJe ll■ot.
marpbologlmlly q•raskhhla For such ('fflltufe IOdality II
a � naturo He evolves within I• by Cl1bura - than
by biological oumtloD.
Natural DWI b II Ya)' lntrkato unfvcnc whole medul­
lUJIJIJ &RI CCl◄lt&fnal within his ddn bouncwy, I uni­
lo tum cootafncd Jo a � and no lea llllrfc:ate
iml• Ibo phy'Jfaal and iw,titutioual body IOdal. hi,.
thr:mon, t'Olltalncd aod 111mloed by the imi- al -
lure. The &ldri of Ibo lodMdual dalocs oaly r-Jy lb
�. llo atcnds �U as lu as hll -.cb11
mid Wl00ll.1Clom mind J'"'jecu him liDd &I ,_ &I bla ■ctlon
r cho oat In aocle(y mid mtunr. N tbe lndi'llduAI
pmnt2 IOdcty aod nature, IC docs -=!et1 puok.9U the
.,.., It M- ll«oatt,,g Spttll S3
lndlvldual and nahU'C! Tix, ritv Is the Instrument of thlt
pbro"'OI- Natme lo tum In IIJ en�p.ns!ug dimm­
-• is the buiJdiug IDllto,,rl41 and tho �el.le tuf'OlDQQ:,
ol both IDAD and 1odety. \Vbencva .,..., tJy to rut or
�to AD)' ol thos,, thrr,o, we l:ID Md obliterate. Tb:,t
ii the equn-alenl al A) fng that If ,..., do not come tu
ll!mlS with ,.b:at ,.... i=, \\'ii ■rt't not. Metaphysic, annot
shed pb}'Jkl and mn.oln ■ a:mstitucot al the wtirld (D
comtltueot ol L1muics, pn�P). !F.qulh ,.ilhfn roc!cty
II lllmoly ouuido a CXIOSJUOm ctn-elope oI ontum
llicre is thc:D ■ blapbyllc:al disciplino � u lwpaali,-e
for ■ny and aD organhlm. AI llJ most rodical l�-c-� It II the
discipline thilt cbmndJ for tl\t'l')' pafonmn« of any or­
ganum the doublo prt".lnk.-ao of ■ pmunetcr rdectlng
growing mmplm ty and aoolhor p.-tto.mda rdl«-ting i;mw·
Ing mlnlaturiutlbo. Thll if Jnr,a�bly written ID tho bwt
of pb)'S!cs, l,lology and �. Tho ,'Cdoriality of life
I, mnlll11$1 In thc duratloo!II 1km lnc:ipsuLtting ewr•
lncttmlog perform•™"" (ttnt� kuty} In �<00iracUng
lp<l('l;'S (mlDblurmtkm). The al»o>ce of the nilnbturlzlng
phue 'l'l'l>Uld contradict comp!&ltv, Inasmuch as, lo ooa
bm or lb>Otber, t'!\T-l)'thfng d llDIIUMntly present hi tho
anfvt-nf', but • n:L,y ta1ing one tho\lD.Dd Ughl y�n•
Ume Ip- II l!\idently ll0l sal«I to the p:ittt al the
daloling devloe tJl2t thc brain d, Tix, brain has rom­
J'l'(U('I! (mfnla•umed) the ·unh'ffltl• In • f- rounch·
iDcb8 of �ltrr�•• Only by "')' of thll
mlncwoul oontnactloa of,� (ln!oruuUon, t'Offl•
aaalattioo, etc) It the btafn I concrctn (wlllfw?) (U'O(ICSS
c:.'°g �-er lhe other mlnbturlzod •un1,-• ol the
If the dtv II an organfm, made of all t.be lntrbt11 Inter•
lldiorl of bodJs physlailly pmpatctlo anil drrn•ivllng.
-tallv clllFush,, and w!llfu). thrn the ell) mo only 6nd
• -"le dwia, for IU<'C'eD \\-!thin the wne rub
dlerfpl!ntng any othrr ll\ing phC"IIOIDffla The n,lo ol
duration of compblliation and turmtlon.

nm l'Ifi"SICAL STRUCTURE
Those ur-o tho rules that will mab roncttte the ad�
or the tn1ly tUl>IID aocicty. Wuhin tllUI W-fllO!lted law
of durn1lon-oo,11plelllle;i1loo-mJnlnturlz,11Jon fa to be do,
fined the phytlc:11 struc:turc of st>Cicty, Outside al it­
� am megaloJ!Uly, suburbia nnd acgrqutJou, ldomti­
cally g,�cn to colropy aJJd naught.
As 1tr11,-ture fflll3t f"'ecede tieri'Otm ll(f\ OW (l(lfflfflttm-
1irs, �ltn11t of Ji,1,se,..fiure, nn: bopdcnly �pablo of
performing their wk. The aLsmoo of a fw, UOnal. \opti­
cal anJ akc,lctil ttruclurn makes than luillo nnd. at the
IICili, tll<I)' are, e\11. In thelr fbt glg.uttfsm 11tt1 all th• illl
and dewuatkin of n org:.nltm uwlt for life. Tbay ue
ludec,cl the only ILat "!Mng• phtM1ncnon of th!, earth
(tho � II the c.losat .ppiuxhri..tlon to .lla_..
alnc:c exposun, 10 Ught It IIJ lOlld to 111rvlwl) and qub
pombly of the ftl1ln! wtl\lCllC lt121nnicl, Id two-cllmensfoD.
al!ty Is mtl!!lly an abmr..�Hrn ru th9 mtod A��
=tl:ey at<?, at<:plug ..vaywbo,, In \nbs mu ,-.o ten\lOUI,
mtiro lonely md absunl.
!lit, pb)-daal structure lor the soc!ty ol man ,rlJJ be
v.-nppoo. by f� of the <00m:trnff.t of life, around
,'fflloll \-ectnn and will form •cit)"ffllnlatunw" al tbtN
«)ngruoWI dimensbu cormcctcd to major •rt,.• dtlel•
ribbing Iha contlncnlJ and not sulioa1tlng lhcrn und«
a:phalr, ttrnm• and p,llutlon, To undantand thla -
m t l<lC cleru-ly the menu.I c:haln that connedJ -tt•
to mlo<l, The chain Is i<"DOWledge, that Jmpoadinble bid
f rmfc1iblc ltu!i wcrklng 17 way of lnform•tfon (dala),
cr:immwi!catlon (tran1mll$Wll), rt'tenUon (..-y), me•
ufpubt.lon (a>«dlnatloo), thlnl:lag (lnventlon-aeadon)
th:.t sr--i out er the energy of matter by reoic11ng
p,ck:ige, of cac:rgy mom and more ,elected -' -
the awnw. the 1.1"=1 feed, the mental
:r
ccutrated (cor.iplMity md mlnhturlr.aUon). Apln. la thlt
c:baiD the min=! ltuh tJlQ ,�hie,, the ■IIU. fwdl
the -tal
fiplrll • �fcffff ll«omffl£ Spirit •s
will fttd the 1ocfal<Ulturul Wc-11, none of tlwo c,oufd be
�In In a dlffusr, amorphoui state. A roatruC'llon
(mlnl■turiz;atlon) of perfommnoo Is at the outset of them
all. And with tbmn 1111, It movrs Ill'{' by ,rrp. The
pesent ,tq, aJttr 1.00 goolog,cl, tl1tt hlologl01l, thll m­
ll«th-e, tho mmtal, Is the e11ht1ml•IIOC!.1! (coo,pli<ml),
For fl tho instnuneut Is tlie a>nGJU01•' dry, tho $0Clal,
mlnlaturl7cd orp111$1l1 that, as yct. we do ,aot b:i,-c. The
planner who Joa not gr.up tl,c: lnmit blloty or th.II mh-cnt
Is out o1 touch with the teoclilng ol tltl'I geopl,yskal 11ntJ
bbiodal, out of touch with rt'31lty.
nm£E-DlA!l :0-SIONAL TOl'OCIIAl'II\'
AJ • mtl'}Utl by 11sclf duo 11ot get ai il, T mu�t 11t
J;.�
lcist dbgnururuiUmUv =plify lhc presented In
the pre<�ng. lo d<'llning o t!:rte-dlmenslon,I Mty, one
ddlnes A n- DWI-made wpt,gnphv or bnd... pe JO oo­
oniiwlted as to oonraln th,:, •te1lets· and tLe •wti..-u• (or
the needs ol the th0<1s:indt nf 'u,dlvlclual,, UJit1poslng the
IOdety. II II a plumblnit l)'lten1 for soclcty where ph)'llail
8ow ud � are the medlll In wl,lth thn ,of"' re n(
-n•• a,nstltutloa mn csily sc:d<, !inti an.I rt=h those
things the clry prom!St'S but ,at<!ly or l'IC\� ,lclluin.
1 ■n1 not advocatln .. the m!mcukius, J 11m rumtllllr!ly
deacrihfng the cmuact<'r er • (.'Offlp(M nrlnbttir!ZNI or­
ptlltnl Ull!l compound., c!Ilci� and /t\lgllllty In ill
physlml pctrformancc, frcc!ng the mind a,,d the ,out r)t
their tasb and Rights.
Jt fl my � contention thnt in the pri(lnl)' list
for tbe � gm�.n.Uon is Bm tho construrtfo" of th<!
udietype, that afta tluo ,-mliaitlon 11,ill tnms!onn lhfJ
m eoiititlent Into a mngruon,i u,tnwo.klng of fOJttt tkcll.
Cllllld IO tbe freemg cf man'I UUD<I \\1thIn D 111bs lantual
md highly temprred soc!.il milieu. ln thl, f1msp«th'l1,
the 8nt !Ml hundttJ � Wi!l'l'I tlie tooling phuca for
IUCb an lmmelue widcrblJng. aru1 Ii ,,,c do not 8nd In
this contraction-implosioo the crltkal tt,rnpm,t:un, for TIIE NE\V ENVJRON�IENT
compassion-creation we will be "'cpl oway by the .llood,i
of population, chaos, ugliness aod <'Jtlnlv•&=· IClltteied
in which will be, in tenuous mf'mbmnes. t!io Impotent
marvels of our minds.

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SUMMARY
F.•11\'lronmenl is a,mi,lrn-.J en �kn,mt of lmo..irugc. It
Is alw obscr.'lld that there ill �r man an auguhh, unabat­
ahlc and rmcl�I. bnpemou, to the healing of l.Mwlnl(e.
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tJ,,,y o,m tnwt« mu usc. l11slnfomutlon bruld, aliaauant•
bm Oa tho other la:md, the cmWUDCDtal fnf=tlon
►� beromes kna..-loog.i. Ibiit lt to s..y, It ls lntegrany lh-al,
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IU!Jmd Sufll'ffil bemuse fn tho «-rid It rolndilea with
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trnly humu s!Jc ol DWI (fflis for • trmu!lgurativo oct.
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One may say that:
1. Synthetic information is, ox cun bo, of knowledge.
Envixonmental information is knowled�e.
z. Humaneness comes &om envJronmental tnformntfon and
bas its resolution in the esthetogenesis of the real.
3. The aim of man is to uncover through lo1owludgc the
residual anguish and in the suffcruncc of It bcoomos a
creator.
On such premises the new envlronmt'nt beoom111 a
problem of "oompassion-elithetics," "'•twncd by tho tech•
nological skills, ever-increasing tn kind and power.
Tho jusl Cod of Luther Is soon us lnstn,mentol to the
eRthc-tto Cod of llnmelleschl, the enrly Rennl!l.1J1nN! nrchl•
t(,ct, BruneDe�cht's Cod fa a 1,,rowtng and uvur•ruuching
Cod.
Tho advent of oybcrnalJon-outomation, the con•eri11enl
llberntion of mOJl {row toll, Q!ld with jt the coming of
ngo of l�lluro, may sco C!II.LSO for;
1. The reversion of IJic to an elcctro-cbcmlCRl•tneehll!ll•
n,.J system folly rational but Joy- and 1<>rrow-free.
a. The advent of sloth within I\ humanity deprived of
wtll Md creative power.
3. A humanity fully Involved In tho metamorphosis of the
entropic un.ivcrso Into a compos.,;iona.te system through
the osthoto-genes!s of things.
Among the nighbnllr<:S of contemporary mnn, four that
recur are:
1. The viol�ea and the ffmothering power of the cowit­
ll'SS, wh..tovcr kind Jt may be.
a. 111c, obsolesccnoo mun construct& for bimll(llf with the
polished, hanb reality of science and technology.
3. n,o oonceawd or nnconcea!,.'d sava� of govem­
mMlt.s and of any Lugo power nnioturo.
4. The loneliness gripping at the heart of �vory man and
woman.
Spirit II/ �(att,,r Bucc>nolng Spirit 29
They w:e all "covlronmoubll" wllh R reach so gront tlmt
we may see them as 1lJ1 unfortW1nte although unnvoldable
pnrt of Uio humuu condition. Ouo mny wonder whore
rcm�...Ucs 01111 be found 1111d bow applic.oblo thoy may be.
INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDCE
Because Jn£ormaUon, tlult Is, the communlcaUon of data,
s�ms to be at the forefront of all remedies, and because
lock of Information goos with lgnomnoe, I will try to
project the Idea 0£ Information In relation to environment
and then offer n framework thnt could Improve things.
ls Wormntion a meaty substance or o soonty dressP To
say Jt depends on the receptivity of tho Informed Is a
qnasl-trulsm. But It depends ultimately on the Information
lurelf and on lt.s power lo oorremlo unendingly. The
vulldlty of Information 11 not so much measured by weight,
time or space extension, bnt by the threads lt offors for
connections wit.w.n tl10 condltion of man. U lnformalion
offers thcso connections, I cnll It environmontnl informn­
tlon, If tt Is Incapable of them, I c.oU It synthetic informa­
tion. The p$)1chosoma1Jc structure of man himself deflnea
these two kinds of lnformntlon: '111c synlhetic or obstmot,
on the one hand, ond the environmental or •ecological,"
on the other. The synthetlo touds to be the monopoly of
the brain nnd Is stored In Its archive., whereas tho en­
vironmental acts pervasively ond Is experienced.
Alter being debugged, sterilized and ootalogucd, syn­
thetlo Wormntion is oommuniooted tlu:ough the m1111y
channels Invented by tho mind. Environmental Informa­
tion is Impervious to such treatment because It Is an
evolving sltuntlon more thM n packnged sot 0£ datn. The
channels In which this lnformntion travels aro the fnoots
of environment Itself and are ever-clianging and dynamic,
It II received bodily as much as It Is received mentally.
Synthetio !nfo11Mtion, mnas!ve and JNtantaneous, ts o
quul-mimole. Limited only by the speed of light, ll will

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envelop the earth, ln ever-shortening •tTI1nd1. VIJual, audl•
ble. extrasensorial communication will practlcallv abollm
time u a gap between emjssjon and reception.' But the
nature of such infonnatioo will rem11i11 c:ormed, �distorted,�
degraded, abstract, and mostly unld!recUonal. Abstract
Informations, cha.ined one to the other, tend to prod11011
abstmct worlds. Given the cban�-u to opcr�tc, such workb
tend toward the non-hwru,n.
SAVAGERY
Abstraction and savag"T)' seem linked tog,.ther. The de­
groo of ubstrnction from natw-o In tho tocbnologlcal world
tends to cany on equivalent de�eo of 1111vagery. For In•
atnnce, the city ,Jums In n technologlcnl aoclety. Tim
muy bo In pnrt becauso as tlio machine degenerates,
instc11d of aging. it pul!J in It, downfall tho environment
Itself. &sed on tho above observation, It might be Uleful
for whnt comt"I later to find the dlfferenoe between tho
machine and the tool.
Tho tool agoa: the muchino dcgcnoratee. The tool wean
O\lt: the machine brow down. The tool IJ related to
phyefologiCAI time. That ls to sny. it ls connectNI with
the aging of tho toiler. The machine 1, not related to
physiological time but to idcntlcnl cycle, and to the
tivontunl exlulusUon of tholr numb(-r, Thu•, the tool ls
clo5� to tho ups and down, of life nnd Is vrry much
an organic extension of the usor. It Is more vmatlle than
tho n10.cltlno but of llmiled power. Tho mnchlne la tied to
a given func:tlon-perfornu1nce, rigld nnd high-powered.
ThA efoment of pow1,r and IU limitless use ls another
fuctor breading savugcry when not backed by OOWlte­
nan<l". See tho brut11l grip of th� outomobilo on all facets
of Amorlonn life: not Just a ldUcr on tho highways. but a
mcsmori2cr of culture, environment, hoalth, graoo, balanoo,
fn1gnllty. Sl'O the smothering of Vietnam and Its pc,oplo
wider a blanket of fire and ClC(lloslvcs.
liplrU "M11llct B•cm11l11g Spirit 31
Ab»tractlon, especially when coupled with power, ls a
�ged sword. With one edge wo cut into the myster­
Je, of the universe; with the oth,•r we blerd our kin. Tho
l)'llthetio lniormaUon dollllng with rnn:llcd sltuations and
endowed with powers appropriated by technology 1, pro­
pitious to savagery whenever the ooouslon orlsC$. The
synthetic Information naJicrs from !ta owo ubslrat,tncs.s
and more than often tmps mnn In the strangely chaotic
world of the pseudo-orderly nnd pseudo-complex auto­
mata.
The environmental infonnntlon I• formative besides ho­
Ing Informative. It Is so booou•o it L, whnt I.• called a
"total cxpericn,oe," !ipllllally, scn.wri•lly and wmpornlly.
The Irreplaceable nature of the environmental lnforrna•
tlon, or experience, dl'Bncs both tho lmporronoo of the
e11vlroumc:11l aod the tight t.'0-ordim,t1011 of spuce and
time within the physical structure of society. The to­
vlronmentnl fnformntlon Is lronsmlttrd by und through
lfght, 10111,d, rro1cll, touch, mo,xh, Ught, wcull,cr, tcm­
perahire, hour, and the mechanics of tu perfonnnnces
Qre bounded to ecologic:11I coherence nnd woo.Ith. A
chaotic, squalid ecology will convoy sterllo lnfornwtioru
(not considering the rMcUon-!nfonnotiona}.
A lengthy sw-voy would show, for !n.�tonce thnt the
physical tenuity of iuburbia I�, by noc<.i1!ilty, poupcr!,:ing
man, notwithstanding tho most sophisdcoted ,yi;tem of
,ynthetlo Information avn.llnblo or £oresee!lblo. lo m1burbla,
tho environmental information ls reduced to II kind which
ls fneH'ec:twu and mouochrome.
ANGUISH
JCnowledgo ls asslmflatod lnfonnalwn. Of the totul
anguish to which man ls captive, knowledge can cunqucr
all but a residual, seminal and unobotnble. Thl1 ts the
anguish thot an even •pe rfect" soch•ty could not dbpo,tfl
ol, ltJ two opposite agents 11rc fate and will: Fate as tho
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tmporltfcm of and from the physical world on the destiny
cf tbe llldividual, will as the explosive and 1uperratlonlll
power born wltbla the llvlug and makiog It a destined
mttty. Clonfrooted by the brillJant and powerful working
cf tbe miDd, IUCb nsidual may seem all but irrelevant
But of It and tn It fl the ultimate nobillty of mao. Its
power, -n known to saints and autocrats. Is dally re­
dbected or penerted to the glory of divcno .O.gs and
blood typer.
Of all the tralb a811ctlng the species, this residual
SDguiab ls the DIOlt authentic, as it b unique to man
and -tered In him. Not 10 for the raUaoality of tho
mind, u thll ls but • refocusing of the largeT and sh,m­
bedng l"lllionelity of cosmos. SuJJ'erance and joy are the
truly live IOUDdl ecbolog through the lndilference of an
lmw-e uni-, immensely powmul, Immensely old, an
llltropic; --b- universe.
'l1le OCllldltloa of residual anguish can be touched upon
only ""- the aynthetlc Information r, put to worlc wilh.in
tbe WDM .- of the eovironmeotal information. Then
lllfarmatlon becoow fuD-&dged knowleclge, that Is to say
a mtegral C0llldoullleu of the c,:,ndJtlon of man, ln­
formatfcm lived and IUffered, sulJored indeed, u It 6nally
nines lbelf Into a residual of anguish. It Is at this
crltbl point that evil b reduced to Its naked condiUon
of fate. Jt b at this point also w hm1 the nahire of man
p. up ID defeat or breaks Its own boundaries.

It t, 111 the edhctlo � ,r.. _.

g� of thing., that �# Mil Nc,HIIH(
* ESTHBTOCENESIS
I tugllt that If man breo.b Ws own boundaries he
con 0011>8 Into fUlfon. Thu t, _,.. 11(9 _., ----, ,o to 5l)CII<, Ws anguish oo the universal
I.end toward to fflOM full-of•., tlo ....... of tbe species and t,am&gures this sulJcriag
duougb tbe dual .,.- of compus1on.esthetiC11. Com­
11nfon,- wlthotd being lf#l( di •a lrrf ,­
Iha ,wll of nolutfon Into O l!Matl 110 ··•
mlnlltlc e1't'nt dllfflllono11g � M It
f'::'� and tiltbetlcl ani the bivalent upecll of man's
b-■--,-•;;;••• and canot .iand Isolated from one another.
to II01J M>etrlbls, ethloolly nil 0 1 I 11�a1Jly, one can say that man'• alm II to 1111cover
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the residunl anguish, which is lhat am0Wlt of sulJeriag
unconquerable by science and rationality, and In the
experience of it becomes a creator: Godlilce.
The ensuing process of creation i• 1111 csthetogcnestl of
reality. With lt the rutture of cosmos I, ever ,o .Jowly
transfigured in the nature of man, in ..-noe to 1111
compassi0rutte pleas. In tlris light, compuslon t, the artfo.
ulation of anguish and comes about through tho 6111,....,_
genesis of things. By way of a groa example about the
meaning of resldUAI anguish ru,d iu articulation Into
campa,ssiotH,athctc, a man finds apl""""t fulllllment fn
tlic scientific or techrucal world. The £ate ltribl him by
way of pmooal grid, illoess, a<:ddeot. coerdon, or a
IUdtlM p=ion bolds him in pain and eull:lltion. At
tl,e hand of fate, or nt tlu, hand of love, he finds the,
meter or things '1Mldcoly uscle.s and I.he orderly world of
technical prower, redundant and scanty in one. a the
challenge of deepn- thin� does not deatroy hllll, he Will
somehow touch at the nature of residual angullb. He will.
ft
in a human dmienrloo, become •ecologically relevant.
Thai s�ed by the suJlering of a L,ing let of informa­
tion, the cln:umstances of his grief and joy, a creathre
r- u triggered. The personal grid-joy is univenallzed
by an cspresslve act: in his behavior In the family of man,
or in the samo work ho wns previously engaged In but
attrnd,,.f with a new rt'Vert'DOI', or in wrltlng. music.
dan�. In craft or art work. When such oxpaeaion It
valid, I t becomes the l<cy lo tho door of univenality and
the cnvirotunfflt and the species an, made ric:ber by IL
It Is to be noted that tilt! e,thf'tlc act Is IUCb an ....
prcaloo and b real only .,. hen Couodoo on thl, radlcal
condition; If not, it belongs to the pteUdorea)lty of I.be
c:xtravagiwL Jn this """"• the expreAloo - to be
etbctic bt-a.we it �u w"" compassiaoate .
Tr11gedy deals with iuldual angulsh and u suda It
eminently esthet!c. The melodramatlc gfflure ii not e,.
tl11'ti<; because it iJ uot cooccraed ...ith it, and thus the
Spirit II Aldtln ll«'omlng Spirit 35
pain it deals with can 8nd oottcr resolution through the
ratlooalizing process oE a coherent mind.
Residual IUlgulsh Is UIOl5l persoual bcalmo of ft, uni­
vcnality-that II to say, it touclH,s the Individual fD his
most private cords while bclng or the nature of manlcind
itself. It Is the mc::ramail:III ooro of hle attcndiug to lho
formation of the divine. The divine b and is apprehended
through the mthetlc shroud. Dy such medbtlon the manb­
fng aches are chlsel<ld illto the joy nnd hnrmony oI the
man-made, a nconah1re caning f!Jelf Into the mother,
but non-hum.�n. n3ture. 11lfl mvfronm� Is ('tlntainer and
actmtor of residual anguish bea,u,c such anguish II
eminently ecological, roo� In the species as it Is and
bounded by oU Its pbys!ml, b!ologiool and mmtal rtranw
directly to the lllltural condition.
To repeat again. the IJved or atdTcred Information b In
Its residual and unabatnble ch.=cter eminently ecological
while befng cmioc:r,tly vaotious, IUld the human ecology,
our cnvironmc·nt, Is to be ooncclved and developed within
the context of man's d"8tiny o.nd the suffering It implies.
The surfeit of 11\llterlality and its pnsslve If not negative
bold on man's capacity for freedom makes ncce9SIU)' the
emphatic restating of the ceitro.l Importance nnd total
meanlng of this element, whkh I see u residual and
feanomo. From a rcllgious point of ,1ew, ,ucl1 <'kmont Is
tho pomallure by man of the mystery ,md rcsillmce of
life. I am suggesting that It h�s a JeSOlotlon at once
tmlvenal and penooal and thnt resolution Is the estbetic
act ill ii. tnJO and oulv vaLd 1tmc.
Thw I hall'O IIIOll'Od from Information to environment or
total Information. l have dooo so In tl1e wdow oE what
I ca.II residual anguish. I tbc-n S11id that IL! only resolution
is ID I.be esthctic meuunorpbusiJ.
PLANNING AND EN\'lRO�MENT
If this b ao, then envlronrntental planning fs an esthctlc
process. Tbo tecbn!CAI siJe is th.., bulky ooo and it came.

on up to the threshold of residual anguish, not ■ step
further. There the rationalizing t!ll<ls and the esthetlc
process talces over in full lcgitim,tC\· ■.nd uniq-. In
their historical sequence, the esthctio acts COllllitute the
estbetogenesis that mnn hns been 4!VOlvlng from the �
ginning of his refiective life. With the advent of aulOma•
lion and lelmre, the esthetogeoMI• Is central more than
ever and its pnce may either !Dtt'Caf<) expooeodally or
coma to a stop.
In fact, cybernetics and leisure are opening three pool·
bilitics for rocicty:
l. A world of pure ratlou.uism, identifying man with bis
0\\11 m:rchlne-lnventlons, ";th a.n �sng obsoles­
cence o[ the Resh, and Y.ith It bis throbbing, hll emo­
tions, his love-muery.
2. A worlJ ol sloth governed from outslJc by the same
elf'dnH!bcmlClll-mecluullcnl mlnJ 1lllp00Slblo for the
nutomatt'd eflici!'llcy, a posthurruio condition atrava•
gantly gray and fully regre.<;sl\-e. The di� �
tw«-0 th.- two Is that In tlie lint tbe specic:s Is
:t$.Slmibted into a postblologioal conllgurotioa with the
dls.�ri-rance of the individual witbln the Immense
anJ aelf-perpmlllling body of a afnglo and undivided
neoman. In tho SNlorld, the spcch.>i It prelel'Ved u a
lhldow of lt..<clf do,prlved ol will a.nd stee,ed by the
omnipotent technocratic 8-hlss malrt'I',
3· A worW intcnsc:ly (!fflltlvo wht-re the thlnt for har­
mnny and the commitment to frugality would - tho
slow emergence of nnguish and strifo Into sr-: the
eslhetogencslt of the real.
It It doubtful tba.t such world.I may coexltt In the way
that the mmt oontrad!ctory conditions In c:lvlll:zation now
ooexlrt. Beyond a certain level of eflideocy, tbe ntloooJ
and automated world or technology IDAY well bewme an
irreversible proccs,, rigidly Mlf-<Ontained but liDMrllll
and totnlly ruthless. Its law, even if Just, would In aD �
Spb# II Mntta lkcomlni: Spirit 37
ability be UDl'IIC1clful and without nppe-ll, a bloodless but
bloodthirsty Cod. such as the Bible often presents.
In very coarse terms. OllO could ICC Jwtk:c IU the Cod of
Luther and elthetlc as the Cod of llrunf'Jlesclii While the
Cod of Luther is in perpetual wako at tbe bodJkle or an
IIJlng Justice, the Cod of Bnmallesdi1 Is tbe perpetual
raolutlon of injustice into esthetic-compuslon. lf justico
were to prevail. to b«ome c:slholic (w.i.ivcnal), lh<.'11 tho
Cod of Luthtt would moye at the sc-r.ic:e of the God of
Brunelle9Chl. Dut the Cod of Brunellesdti could not sub­
mit to Luther"s Cod, as the "'bole CIWDot submit to the
part. I aee justice as protocsthetic, or the esthetlo as corn­
pmloaato Justice.
My c:ooclosioo Is thus th»t the aim of man Is oompas­
llonate 1-uty. The "engineering" of su�h proces, can
reap only lifelessness unka such engineering Is contained
ID Its Jogi1tical, rationw o.nd Instrumental bouodarlcs. 11ie
di.lcoune ls bying to demonstr•te that the environment
fails man a.nd dvill2atloo whenev1'r It Jtagna.tes below lho
esthetlc threshold, yet, to distinguish tl,c mthetlc from the
,whimslcnJ and the extravagant, I �t now that the es­
tbcdc Is the last rotOrt and tho raolution in one for tho
pt!!MIS!ve and fundarnental lnqulctudo of mnnlclnd.
PROCESS AND BECOMD:G
How is a.n environment conoelvtd? Al information can
be synthotlc or environmental. so aan t},e dt�gn-planning
process. The synthetic design Is pcrfcx.-tcd lo the otBce, de­
tallod and "worked out.• 1ne envlTonmental design Is be­
gun at the drafting table and camed on as the construc­
tion dcvelopl. In the dJH� botwecn the two one may
- tbe dilference betv.'llal what today Is c::iiled arch!tee>
ture and what la called sculpture or pmntlng or J:17.7. ln
the lint, the process or coming into being Is only remotely
IDBuentl.il oo the dellnltlon oE the object-tlut fs, its coo­
ltruction. The process .is cocrccd by tho power of the

mind. In the other, the process lt..-lf hitrQdU<'CI - elo­
ments in constant flow because thu btwmlng of the object
it.self is the process.
Unless planning is considered und.,$irnblc and •pontane­
ity is considered unbecoming, the reBli%Atlon o( an en­
vironment must be a balanced fusion of good planning and
live S(>Ontaneity.
THEPLANNED,THESPONTANEO�S
Good planning is a technologically infonned framework
in which l\lul.ly•i• und stati>tic, bountiful and mtaningful,
llrC lho prcutl.s"5 or tho rclllly creative 1..blo. of truusllgura­
tlon. lly It one movts from the l(l'llnubr nnd -tt..-ed to
the synthPtic ( synth�<i�) nnd cht\"lered, frnm tlu! unre­
lntcd um.I wcobcrcut to tho lntcrt-onncctcd �ud t"<lhcrcnt­
not siUlply in tho light o! rnti<lnnlity but in tho superra­
tion11l light of esthctlc-comp.1ssion. In the snme contl'XI, the
live spontnnrity has to be bom from a situation of j oy and
sorrow, r1:ncctIng m c11vlronm�11t of prumlws and coher­
ence. As sponlADoity and joy urn cminc-utly pcnonal, they
work belttr In tho details ( tho homo, the room, the
private ...) ; convenely, as planning shnds on nUllleflll.,
and extensi,·e d.,ta, it works belt"r for gcocral frameworks.
All this suggest$ that tho new environment should be
pl.inned for itJ brood co,utltucnll and glvffl to free play
for th11 in<livi<lual or private PfomPnt,. For the corutructlon
of the Rrst, the mo�t sophisticated technological know-bow
nnd the uittdliuc wuulJ be needed; for the ,econd, the
pemmnl lnvolvtmcnt IUlU tho tool could have the greater
vutcc.
Tho fit,t Is plnnned, ro-ordinnlcJ cybcmcticnlly, exo­
cutcd technologlclllly In its ,kclctol framework. llut It l.t
agreeable to hand=fllng. In fact, because it l.t made for
on infrnstructurc one might ,ay tbal hondcmft ls necessary
for its completion. The sccot1d is brmdcrnlted and it grOW11
u the Lfc within it moves.
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The Bnt kind of cuvironmeut I coll arcology to t'IDpha­
al;w the complete dependence of 11rchitecture upon ecol,
ogy, but not neoeuurily the oaturnl ecology. In fact, what
I nm ,uggesting ls that man's presence on the enrtb ls
bound to create new ecologlcnl condJUons o.nd that the
SOOtlt!T we will think eoologlcally wlien pl.inning our com­
munities the better.The arcologi"5 are one-structure cilfes
defining a o�w 14udmipe and a new ond more direct rela­
tion between the urbnn and the country life.
Th,. 11dvantog811 of both aru reWn�-d 1,nd tho duad­
vanlllg"5 minlml.icd. On the urb.io side, abtmdanoP of
facilities, culhrral wenlth, direct contact. On tho counlry
s!d11, direct or qulclc communion with anturc, the open
lfl"Ct'S, tho clean air, tho Isolation. The scourge of com­
muting. the time and energy wa.stes, choos and squalor are
reduced to ll residuru.
In practice, the oppoSltc Is happening. '1110 5trut-turc of
the city ls bapba2:lrdly ach!�...d while the lnwvld11al
facilities are fruits 0£ a rigid set of economic, lechnlcol,
racial, religious and status stnndarJs. The rcrult ls chaos
in general and dogmati,nn and bigotry tn particular. If one
adds the incoherence of the logtslfcnl orgaol7At!on ( com•
munlcation , transportation, faciliUe., ) the picturo ls as
gloomy or gloomier than tho sldea of our cities. There ls
no o-1 here to demoostnlte the necessity of bringing man
lJlto a far greater !otcrplay with society than o.ny ot our
cities can aJford by their atiJ!ed functionality.
To conclude. we are what we mu.ke of our coviroll!llcnt.
A hearties, and pauper environment doe, nothing more
than relk,ct and denounce tho harshness and Indigent con­
dJtloo of our mloch and souls. To change all this wm
require grater things than wc;-alth and determination. It
will require a definite moving away lrom materialism,
detennini.nn and arroganoe.lt will require n tn,ly reverent
attitude toward t.bc sncramcntulity uf all tWngs.

II It 11.t If Ilic tt•lr/1 of ulilcT, n11'll/tr 11 allllli!d,
out11rult'd, will come to /If" nnrl nctllllltlf /ti�lf
011/y u,l1tn exucu•d out "f tl1a 41ructuro of mot­
Irr ll$Clf tliroug/1 tl1t• formidable ptfl#Uri: of
con1pl,;:,:ifieutlon-ml11lat1.,.1;,Jtlvn.
TOPICS
MTNIATURIZI\TION
In o universe rulcu by tho laws 0£ m11ss-<-ncrizy anu
bunlcncd by the entropic slacl., nny $lCp tuward cum­
plexlty, complexity now centered in the power of the mind,
cw-rnnnds o corresponding effort townrd mini11turl7.1tlon. In
a structure whcro the behavior of mattor would be as fr�-e
from the slavc,y of accelerntlon-deccleratlon ns li�ht Is,
minlnh1rimtion would po«ibly be unessential and the
isoLlliou of things could bc not so pcrvu.ivc.
Tho Jack of Ulldcrst1111ding, for ln�tancc, is still It dcB­
d«-ncy lngrnlnl'd In the ,tmcture of our ph�lcal body,
personal nnd social, a l11ck o! instllnlnneous co-ordlnntlou
of 1nyriads of elcwcuts �-o,ulructing I.be forthcoming act.
Miniaturization is not on end In ltseH but It is the incs•
capable b�'Pass townrd greater complexity, thnt i• to say,
humnn nnd social fullness. Within tho perspective o(
evolution, the mo,t pru,sJng tusk of this enrt.lt', hwnllD
layer Ill tho mlulaturizatlon of the physical contaillcr It
worb \\ithln. Our urhnn sy11tc>m1 nre proto-miniahuizeJ
0rgnnilms. They are not fit for Ufe.

THE MAP OF DESPAill
Population growth and afilueoce li.we suggested to
planners the layout of urban und suburban 1y1tem11 10 ex­
tensive as to oover in time a high perccntngo of tl1e UAble
land of the earth. This is a map of despair 1md reminds
one of the multiplying of pathogenic cells at the expense of
neighboring healthy tissues. This 1111bal.woed growth ratio
on a relatively shrlnking planet will kill the biosphere ol
the earth and man who is part of It. Nor is the killing neo­
ess,uy. Even the less final step of s<Ju.alor and droarincu
will do mankind in.
EQUITY AND CONGRUENCE
The well-being of mnn and socl�ty d.-�,t� on two
factors: equity and oongrut,nco. Equity Is a •oclal nooes•
sity and il has been luveotcd by mun to bu.Lwce hi, pro­
pensity for inequity. Without oquily tho lrratJonnl, tho ii•
logical, tho unfust (nbo inventions of man) would be
nunpont. {They are.) Congrul'lloe Is proto-hwnan, human
an<l ultra-human. It is the nooessary <:o•ordlnatlon o£ the
mnny foctors performing rciility, tho reality that developed
from an unmanned universe into a manned unlvene and
thnt might be moving toward an 11ltra-humnn reality.
Without 00ngn1ence the structure of things fall, apart,
regardless of tho oloeliea or t.hls or that detail. Ethics,
ju,tloe, power, etc. are pro-empted proposltlonl In the
vacuum of inoongn,ence. Congruence ls ecological, that 11
to say, It I! total or It Is not. Where It Is uot, lt doc, not let
Mythlng else ho.
UTOPIA
Tho bulk of ll!e b negated whCl\ mcgo.lopoly and JUb­
urbia are taken os the environmental bulk.
The possible oonditfon of equity achlevablo In them I•
not validated into the ecological condition of oongrueoco.
ln the pre$l'nt rnclropolito.n fabric, the absence of the Im·
plos!on of minlaturi7,1tioo mal<cs the soclAI orgaolsm W-
SplrU II .llalln> llocoml11g Sr>lrll
Su.'<1 for surviw.l, let uloue for cfovclopmcnt. The c•1wiron•
rneot 0£ contemporary mnn ls n st.11istlcal utopln tuk,m In
by the gnrne of lni•se1:-fnire. As such It tends to rnnko mnn
ah.tnu;t,
TH�; llULB OF RlsALlTY
11,e re.ii orgnnl,.ed lti,df like lnyMs in an onion bulh.
Each of th� Is 1111 encl In llsclf uncl a mctulS to somclhlug
of greatt>r complexity nml scope. \Vhatcvcr the layc'r, any
motion toward a n<'w synthesis (or fayer) ls predicnted on
tho backing by tho preceding layer: if tho vcgoto1 layer
were not thNe to feed It, lhe world of tho Ae,h would
be !noonceivnble. Thus the spl'C'ies 0£ m11n is not possible
without lite prt'<.'t.'Ulng aubnul fayer. Eod, urw luycr IJ
coutnlroed and «nstalncd by the preceding; it is not an
nc<'idrntal exc-rr�cent'O of it,
To sustain tho nCJ<t step in tl10 development of :.c11Uc11t
and reJlectlve life (the nO()sphere of T�llhard de Chnr•
din), man shnll hove to put ord�r to his own byer; he
must structw-a!Jzo bis c11vlro11mc111.
Tho second step will be tho ultrn-stnicturc he will cre­
ate out of 1111<'h f'nvironmtmt nnd hims�!£. To put �tn1Ch1re
In !tis envlronmcal ho must dcflne o 0<10-ooturo, o physico­
mb1eral sub-layer apt, os nnturc is not, to render him
1()(1(1110 and .solely hum�n servicr,s. Thls neo-nah1re, neces­
snrily rooted Into tl10 gcologi<"'I ond puncturing through
tl10 biological ( bio5Phcrc}, mw;l be congruous wllb lhe
general trend of evol11tlon so as to be one of Its makers. lt
rnust then be, by noc('�sity, or n mlninh1rizlng character.
Abslrnct utop!Jl with llJ mop of despair is tho only other
altomuUve.
STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE
The geologicnl is 1D11SSlve.
Tho vcgototfro is exlc11sive.
The re8ective is lntenilve.
There is no performance, rcnl p-01forrnnnce, outside, the

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discipline de6ned by such structW'CS. l'otgettlng thole
rules is to disassociate the world of man (mm tho whole
of things. To be so disassociated Is to be dismrded. That
much we have leamed about the \1lClt>ruJ 5Wo.Y of the
world.
The double opacity ( sprawl and polluUon) that we, the
mental, are interposing between the �live enveloping
the geological and the source of ii! life, the IUD, u If the
exteDSive belonged to the lntensi\e, b stlftlng the bio­
sphere, that layer that malces the menial poaible. By In­
truding massively Into lb<· perfonnance of the vegetative,
we are endangering the future of the species and at the
same time we do not litn1ct11rali1.e th,, ment•I through tho
miniaturization or noo-natw-e, remamlog thu, 00 the pau­
per side of rcllcetlon.
If we do not face thote oon.•trnlnt:s. we .,.., simply di..
ml'<llng any trace of compassion toward ourselves and the
blunder of our species will l!\-etl go unnotlcoo notwith­
standing Its oceanic bk'<.'ding throughout ill short hlatory.
LIFE rs f:ll mE THTCJC 01•' TmNCS
Tho tl,lck of thing, well expressea tho OClltercdnm of
life. One of the be.nicrs I.ho vegelAth-o was unable to brtu
tluough has been the "eneer natwe of Its � M
light Is essential to the photosynthetic, ,,._, the vegetal
world bas to d!roct ill akiU. to those kinds of patterns that
will l!ll))O'e tho mulmwn skin and need the minimum vol­
ume. Even In the fott� th" above-ground atructwe Is tho
clevor dimt'Mlonlng and orientation o{ sensitive vs,eas
to tho mulmum light avail.ible. In tho animal life the ratio
skut to \'Olume Is �: ininimal skin to mulmum voJ.
wne. Tiio energetic r- II lntcrlorized thanks to the
high 000<e1tnallcn of eoc.rgy package. (mlnlatudzatlon)
feeding It. The animal lw In the hraln ill most miniatur­
ized ceotcr cf power. It 11 fmm such an ultra-pacltaged
universe that tho mind can opcmto and �ach to the outer
llnu11 of the possible.
Spirit II Motter Bflrom!ng Sp,rlt ◄S
It Is as JI m,, by stl'J) l!\'Olutlon """"Id taic n<'COUnt of
itsdf and make a ooo,pletc S)nopsis (minlatur!Zlltion) of
Ill achievements In order to ha� at it! flngtt tipe all the
available power for the nm k-np, demonsl11lting that tho
eontllfner o( universality, or wholeness, must be tho mJnia­
twimUoo o( I.he best iust.ruwents available.
In the social context it ls inevitable that the c;,llective
mAldng of the species bas to be eonstructod in a "cranial
box" that Is the miniaturized $)1Dthesi.s of the human ecol­
ogy.
C.omprcsslon produces reach (for instanco tho Internal
rombustlon engine). The utter compression of the brain
{mlnlat11rJ7.ation) engenders the limitless reach of the
mind. Slmlbrly tl,c miniaturization of the urb•n system
\\ill cause the explosion of fts crentlvity.
TIIF. ORCA!l.1S111 OF ONE TI:IOUSAND BRAINS
The mind of the city is QOITlpo:;cd o{ thousan� o( pcrl·
patetic )'llrt1elH all operating from il'ldivfdual bralm. 1n
addiUon to this multiplicity of wills rostminl? themselves
In oollcctJve \'Cllcen oriented toward tho light (ace tho
\�I kingdom), there will be a cmtrallzod brain of
non-blologlcol clwactcr (unless technology allie, ltsPlf to
biology and m,'C!iclnc and bring, tl,e computer "science•
beck to � aneestral father: the organ.le). Thia brain 01:ll·
tt-r will /lfl/y direct the �tt'ffls of the dty.
Then the phenomenon of the city, a congruent humnn­
lzed micro-universe <11stalned by the oeo-natw-al layer
( the physical ltructure of tbo City), is an ultra-complex
organism whoso centroliud bmfn it tho in•trument that
warb at the ati!fadlon of the thousands of epldcnDlll
lndhidual minds bow,d togdhcr by !Lo forces of sociality
and c:ulture.
YESTERDAY'S CITY A.'-D TODAY'S REALITY
The evolution of the one-layer dty has been brought to
an end by tho rubber \\heel It all might be for the be,;L

Ultimate absurdity at times Op<'DS the dOOl' on greater
coherence. The city of to<hy is of the pa$1 u u tho lmtni­
ment that has killed it. The car will bc put to puture
where it rightly belongs. The city, ,hown IIJ anacbronlama,
will seek Its congruence within the «lDloglcal system of
natme. Such congruence is the imrlosl\·e mlnlatnrlzatlon
of the utopia of ccumenopoly accepting the �­
ural topography that reaches up 10 huudnxls of la)WI :fDlo
the thick of things.
ARCOLOGY, THE CITY IN THE JMACE OF MAN
The ecological chan&ctcr of true arclutecturo II to be af.
Rrmed if the utopia of ecumenopoly is to be stopped. The
wholeness of neo-nahll'8 is depn,dMit on the wboleo- oE
nature. The, both must move "1tlun tlie sphere or coo­
grucnce according to the all\lctwc they belong to: flit•
tmsity for nature, intensity for neo-1U1ture.
Arwlogy 1, illtcrwvcly· eooQlogl� and bo<:ause of ft1
sclf-<:iontaioment II able to be 1otl'!grnlly accepted by the
DAtw:al ecology. It II a bclouguig or pcrfnnoacwe, ,.iot a ho­
longing oE parasillsm.
13 Q UESTIONS ON ARCOLOCY
Arcology (archite<:ture IWd e..:,logy) ls the name
adopted to Identify 11 ,trodurc wlticl{ is (somehow) a
llJroe:<limen•!_onal �dtc:i pe or topogr:iphy. In It, not on it
u it IS for a natural landscnpe. are organiud the private
and public lnsUtutiom tl111t go Into mllklng any urban
ccut« worthy or the tcnn.
Aroologies are archltemiral orgAnifflll of 111ch cbaracter
and dlm�mfons u to be eoologiailly relevant
They are thnt at'Chitecture which ls the •ecology' oE
rellectlve life.
In the genesis of oco-matttt (Wchnology), In the face of
population growth and 1,,,a,uso of the comi,laxlllcatfc,Q
lnh«enl lo li.fo dc:velopmr.ot, It 1w beoo,no an frnrnodl••e
Spirit lo Malin Becoming Spirit 47
IH!C't'Slrity that thf' nodubr nature or ch·il17.otior., rcpro­
Nntcd by the •city," mo\'OS toward the bypcr-den.,ity
possible by a truly three-dimensional t>volutfon: upward
for the bving, downward for thi, outomated ser.�Ct'S and
production ( in the sens the distiuctioo will be less dcliuJ.
live).
Among thP mnny qol'Sllons on nrcologlea artring from tho
audience during Nmioars and le<:turcs, the following are
most often asked. My answers arc scattered among tho
papers �ted In this book. \Vhat IJ "Titten here uuder
each question u an answer ls far from being comprehen­
sive or cooclusJvc, but J thlnk It ii valid and helpful
1. A,w arc<>logws ttclintcally f&Uib/eP
A!tide from the ocknowlcdged and demoosl18tod fact
that we, build multi-storied buildlng, reaching up to a
hundred stories, whJch an'!Wer the technical quf'.st!oo Inns­
mum u many of the =pies given nro well below that
height, thci-o is a far more importaut side to the qucstlon.
It reads: Can we all'orc:I to squander our technolo gical
wt>.alth for thlnp which are u.•.chnirolly fe:1$1ble but hu­
m11nly lrrelM-ant or bad, and can we bone>tly sby away
from tbote thing, that nre hwnanly dOliirable although
technically demandlng? If feasibility does not travel on
the momentum of dcsirnbili.ty, it is fraudulent and we all
pay a toll for ll
On both scores of ft'Mibility 11nd d�iniblllty, nroo logy
Shlnru on !lood grounds, to say the least (see further ).
a. At11 the aroologw humanP
This question ii hard to answer in a few scnteuotS, since
It lmplles an aclmowledged oommon ground as to what t•
or la not human. ID the long run. that which fosters hu­
mann- ii human. That Is to .ay, a certain clwuctcr of a
IIOdety that makes lt successful not llroply as a run,ivlog
phenomenon but as n li"e arid oompassionnte one. This en­
talla • shitrp diftfnctlon bctw�n tlie practicality or the
short penpectfve, which oflco dooo,,s the future, and the

Jong-term realistic response to the c:hiillcngl:S of the pc-.
ent.
1£, for the sake of understancllng. we divide the actlvltlel
of man into two kinds, the service-miu,,teo•nce and the
productive-leisure kind, we can say that the 8nl g,uop
tends to be of the less desirable kind, the kind which en­
tails toil or drudgery and unple.L'IDntness. Any organlza·
tional and structural device which wllJ art frito the bulk
and the operational side of it, will by dcAnition render the
condition of mnn more human. To come down k' q,ec!Scs:
i£ a city Snds ways of cutting the bulk of ib � b,.
eluding the bureaucratic machinery governing ll, to, let's
ay. as per cent of it, then thla city Is a better pLico to
live in u It 011D deliver more with less.
An lnoomplete list of the services:
J, 1'ranllportatlon ,system,: hardware and p«>i>le
a. Traruportatloo distribution of lffl<'rg)' and iuformatlm
3. Delivery- of water, gas, power
4. Dell,-cry of Eoodstull, owl, paroels
�- Rf'trleval ol waste, garba ge and litter
6. Rttri,,val-collec:tioo of stonn water
7. !>Wntenaoce service ( the bullJot of them all)
8. Pollclng and oonttol, Law enlol'0<'mcot
9. Fire-prevention lel'Vloes
A cut to as per <-ent of tM formtt hulk of aD these, would
IJIOlD ddioltely two thing,:
A. Move tho city &om iDdige:oce to ...,-eaJth.
B. Cut 75 Jlft' cent olf the nu,nber of people compelW
lo activitf111 of :a not•se>-kind nature and free them for a
more promising hfo. Tbe observation that people would be
put out of work Is untenable as it really aay, that we IIIUlt
� indllcl�, that is lo say, --. polhdlon,
ugllDCIIII, sterility, unfitDca, foc the ako ol Jcc,eplng people
busy.
Af<lOlogy, i.-us,, of its fundmneital pr1IIDIRI (Qael­
tJot,s 5 und 6), is the "kind of dty'" wbidi speclllcally cu
Splrll It JI- 8-mlng Spirit 49
p,oduoe this ckllaUon of the sm.ic-e-admlntrtratf<>n•ho­
rea\JCl'K)' machinery; which brini;t 111 ,truight Into the
Dfflt question.
3. 11 am>logy In tho human «old
We are unbelievably lenient townrd the oonditfons
which trap each ooe or us day in and day out. We t1tin1c
nothing of Investing about ono •isth of our energies anJ
know-bow In k�g us moving (the automobile). We
give end1- hours of our lives to conocct with other thin�,
other placa, other p«>i>le. \Ve accept hustratioo, curtail­
lllCOll, aegiegation, pollution, banlcruptcy (Inner clt1111) to
the glory or the sacred cow we call allluence, IIDd we un­
c:omclously accept the town,c:ape and the city,cape as of
human scale. The fact lhnt we do ll<lt urually p«eelve
the enormous si%e oE the emironment w e llllllce comes bock
to us with vlDdk:tlve force. We litenlly waste away inside
gigantic p:ancalces of sluggj.!hn- and confusion, noise an.I
pollution, of quite a flagrantly Inhuman kind.
What l propose ii the CODlplclc opposite. It Is a rela­
tively large, thtt.dimenslonal structure which is a fraction
of the total bulk of an equivalent flat city. A p1-nlx.
"hlcb lostead of encroaching on good farm bwJ for aoo-
300 sqware miler, mods ldentillable, positwe. compreben­
lible. bold and elllciCJltly performing (Question ll.) on 3-.f
rquare miles In a - of public ground.I and parb.
The true ll)l!Qlling of scnle Is in the l'f!!lpC>IUfveness of a
-in inslrumcnt. structure, llpllce to the hW'D4D oeeds.
lt ii not In visual farnili•rlty, as this II lndiscriminative t­
ea,-, moet of the time, It la forced upon us fl'Ol'II child­
hood, and must be consldcrecl objfflively and when -­
aiy modified Familiarity, the habitual, Is not IICCeSsarily
the desirable, the human.
+ 11 orco1ogy o prlqrlly or o lu:r:11,y?
l f t.be two preoedlng qucstioos were ,ali5factorily an­
awen,d, tho top priority of arcology should be clear. lo
the - that grx,e ls the extreme luxury of being all�,, to
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the hilt, aroology, as anything else. better be for Jmury.
The fine tuning into the context of things la tbe .. Jtb af.
forded by the evolutionary prooess. Let us 1« mber -'Mil
its inoeption was scant, dull, torpid, blind. out of the -
nui of matter, endlessly repackaging Itself lo b,,p1) Jy
segregated monads. How luxuriant. in 00111pari1on, II the
bio-mental reality of the present. U by lUIUl)I - tDtaid
the opulence in which a minority of tbe .,._ lamdy
dwells and operates, then the priority of gne& bei- w
indispensable. "'e will not solve any problsns at aD, be
they polil:bl. aocla1, spiritual, e<:Ol>Omlc, wiJe. our _,..
b in aome order and makes aome sense lllrUCturally, loglatl­
aoDy, physically, mo.phologlaoUy. 1'hat la to ..,., ft mull
take a oobrreot posltloo within tbe oogolng genesll of tbe
mil (evolution at It, prclCDt emtcntlal 1tage).
5. I, mlniaturlutlc>n equk>akmt to dttlw
Yes. dellnitely. One need only look Into life ud Into
non-life to understand wbere sln!SS is and wbere It II not.
What quali.Ses the cue IJ the "positive• or •negative"
- of the sbessos, or better how the st::il a are Inter­
acted and IDOSt fUDdamentally what ii the number of
those lnnPr lnteractfoos at any given moment. The _.
btt ol messet within • human brain Is blllions of tlmeu
gmiter than the nwnber of ltn:s!a lo tho brain of a digit
computer.
Dom that leave us any chotoo betwem mac-v+-111-?J.
ogy and mlnl-tedmology (microbiology)P Mlalaturiatlon
Is nothing else than the spatial anange-,t that c11'1-■
thil loooocelvable number of strelM to exl■t and ID orpo­
lze thcnuelves lo •constructive" -ro-- Whet II bne at
the Jovel of a Jingle orgaolnn (made up of .nyrfadl of pu­
tlclpato.y unlt■, the cells) it, to a degree. true for 1111 •­
ganllm" made of pa.rtldpatory lodlvlduall. To de-.=
IOdety ii to unwind Its mechanlfflt. This cm, be canted
out to the lowft' IJmltJ of IOClal ■trtm and coGfAiaduu
wbctt the only mode of exdwlge II mooey, a l)'mbol but
s,.,,., la MIIINr S...:cm&og Splrlt 51
only • ■ymbol ol a supposed c,o..opentloo. M1nlahuim•
don II not a pa- of glvwg up, lt is an inclUSIVO plOc(!SS
fnamluch u It II a physical coodidoo that keepa things and
'°
� "together• as to make them perform and achieve.
Milllaturtratioll ii not the- shrinking of a bed or a cbct,
nor the .caJlng down of a living room os terrac:o. It Is the
apulsioo of thole element, that go for tbe chutlslng of
the urbaJ, lwod-pe and the punlshroci1t of its dweUczs,
a the time and ,pace gaps pracnt In the challcnge-re­
spoa,e mecbanllm ol any organimi Is an exlstentbl p11nlsh-
111C1Dt lmpolOd upon It. By espcilling. for loltancc, tho c.w
and the parapb«nalla of Its demands, 5o-6o per cei1t of
the urban topography, and a better orguolzing ( three
dlmeoPOtJ•Uy) of what .Is Wt, one can add to thil physical
reductloo of the cityscape tho pbysloo-functloaal reduction
■pob,o of in answer No. a. At that point. mimatwizat,on
loave1 the llekl ol pure opportunism and becomes an
ethlcal Imperative. .Mlolaturizatlon u an ethical hnpt.'fll­
tlve, far from being paradodoal or absurd, b quite ■Imply
the need for the con,clou, use ol the universe of nwlttr
and energy, by the living phenomenon, In the only way
that can confer to and maintain In it sun1vnl and evolu­
doauy tralll.
8. Would ,,-,pl. l1vlng In an arrolo(!.y Ion their Identity?
The .ealfty and icleobty of the penoo Is only to 1M;,
found In the oontm of rodety and history. \Vithout IOCf.
ety mu woald have cllnppeared eon, ago. Without bfs.
tory ■odety woulcl be • fossil case not unlike tho ant or
the acorpioa. That la to ray, awi ii cs,c,otlally a co-opera­
tive aol-1 and • cultun.J animal (there Is oat 11,ch a
tblog u the cultwe ol one). In the life of the ■peclts, CD­
opentloa far outi.-, outdoe■, outwoidu antagonism,
....it, and -,cby. It Is men than virtue out ol D«e$­
alty. lt II, '1mclameo..;JJy, that the whole (tho family of
-> Is far more than the lllm of Its puts. and t}Ja •more•
• inwstecl toto the penoo whoso maldng la then not just

genetic but is also cultured, dvllizcd, social, religious,
compassionate. We beoome moro ourselve, the more we
beoome collectively relevant (not, by tho way, powerful In
tonnage or energy consumption), If tho preceding answen
hold true, then Inescapably the well-conceived arcology
oilers, by far, the best platform £or self-fulllllment.
7. What of waste and pollution?
If we call a unit of achievement a uquantltlltlve• meas­
ure of perfonnance per unit of energy •oonsumcd; then a
process is more wasteful the more energy ls ezpeoded to
carry it on. It Is In 1D01Jt cn.ses also propott!oilAtely moro
pollutant. Waste and pollution are therefore the negative
imago of frugality. The less frugal Is a system, the more
wasteful and the more pollu14nt It will be.
A.a for the rpecl.Bo problem of waste collection and clJ.
posal, once ,uch waste bu been reduced to a mlnlmwn by
the power of frugality, It ls quite clear that lnhaent to the
Prwloglco.l pnllcru is the ability common to aoy QOIDPl"­
mlnlllturizod system to dispose of Us own waste product
t>fMM!vely and thoroughly, Jn contra.st to the ever-fAlling
attempt, made by the oomplicated, gigantic and 0011gested
urbon structure of today where dlstrfbutloo and reb'leval
Mswne o.spects of paroxysm and at times of swrealiltlc
fnntaslos. IE in doubt, one bu only to follow, temporally
and ,rpntlally, the vogn.r!os of any of the million, of manu­
factured or mlltllpulated good3 we Justaio ounelves with.
Follow them from thclr origin AS ruw materials to their
dlscardlog as junk or litter. Whot a fantutlo voyage and
bow much absurdity. It Is even more diftresllng to follow
tho manipulated man in his odyueys.
8. PoUtlcal and economic OBpectl?
Of all the presrure. exerted upon society, the polltlcal
and economic, though diverse In natuie, have comparable
blind drives, blind In tho e onsc of eelf-contradlctory, Re­
form to them mlg)it well hAve to 00m0 from even more
driving forcct. That Is to say, not from withln the poUtlcal
Splrll I, Mtul<tr Becoming Spirit 53
or econurnic body but from outside thtm, Tlutt J� how
technology i• operntlng right now. 11 will be unfortunuto
Eot man lf politics nnd econornk'S will be tcdi.noorotlc.,Ily
nxleincd (Fuller?). It woulcl be from bacl to worse even
If a higher degree of CIJ\llty might result In the proros!.
The reaSQn ls pretty 5tark: poliUcs, ecooomk-s u11d tech­
nological rtrutture.,, from admJnistralloo to production,
are and must he kept whtre they belong, within tho in•
1trurne11tnl context. Whenever they lx.-comc oormnUve and
6n1&� thuy eoc:roach on a world they c:tnnot comprehend
and thus cannot direct. Free enterpri� might be n c.•se in
point. What does ·rree• stnod !orP Froc £row mo.lice, fmm
greed, from coercion, from intoleronoe, from potemallsm,
from monopolJzatlonP Addicted lo them. Addicted enter­
prlso Is o truer characterization. The normotivo "fico" is
fraudulently wrapped around a court of minor and major
private and corporate operations not exempt from fraod
themsclvus. Tho less controllablo, th<' more politicnlly und
"lawluJly• cowred they -. It migl,t he Important to ob­
�e hN"e thnl 11uthorfty m11-st be "powerless" to be real.
Authority lw the power of convktloo. Authoritari11nl.m1
ha.s thc power of coercion. Authority ls knowk-dgo.
Autboritarinnfml ls arrognnce-lrnud11 ll'nc,,.
Only a totnl rubordiontion of the technologies of gov­
ernment and economics to the ethical demands of society
can win for all mfn II hetttt condition. This must come
about regordl<1$S o( tho eovlronmontol context wo will be
Jn. To worry what a certain physical change might do to
our ill-fated Institutions Is misdirecting our cooccm, It
might weU be that the major goln to i,., gotten from arcoJ.
ogy, as lf from a healthy mutation, is tl,e radical reform of
our eoooomlc and political stru�-turcs. To prognOftlcute
whnt the change, will be Is to pretend a clall'\IOyance that
we do not have. Our politicians and economists cannot teU
w what neio:t year will bring, let aloJJo next century. Does
the composer who aoqulres a new illslrUU1c11t (tho w:colog•

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ical structure) know what his composllfons are going to
be?
g. Can orcalagy fit wUhfn an e.tisl Ing city?
Yes, inasmuch as something hoollhkr can supplant •
decaying organism. It would depend upon I.he relative,
size and power of the two systems. I t would doptnd upon
the autonomou.� power given to the nrcology and to ltl
ability to control its own buffer zone: the Of"'II spaces '­
longing to its inhabitants. It would d epiond t>n the quality
and substance of its linkago to thu city 1111d the t-ountrv.
It wo1tld depend essentially on tho Inner quality of the
nrcology itself reOectecl by th" llve.llne.<s of tho soci�y a...
velopfng in it. One clearly positive n<pect Is the almost
50 per Cl'nt redurtlon of "dlslOClllion" of J"'Plllatfon
from tbo dislocation In a comparable urlmn rc·1wwal prof­
ocl. This Is so because lho buJlcllng site for arcol"!Q' II
m!n!mol, which mean. practically no dislocntlon of popu­
lnt!on ln tho construction pbnse of tlil'! nroology.
_ That IJ how what belongs to the public, the 0011,•etive
io. \Vhal al,011C clumgP 01id CX/Xlnslon?
It Is dclluit�ly true that it b easier to teor down a D<'lgh•
borhood and put n freeway through it lhnn to transform
the skeletal syscm ol nn c�isting nroolc,gy to allow for
dr.istio cban,l(eir, What h to be understood 1, , h-,
I.hat n neighborhood, C".lrt omong the unplanned, 1mre­
spon,ivc, re�sivo, metropolit«n paltcm, It constantly
submiUod to tl,o vagnrilles of tho nlmost fatal copricloua­
n!'<S of the "free cnlerprf�e• dogmas nnd as such ls by
ddlulUon a non-worldng stnicture. (See Question 8.) The
me>rtgago on the life of each city dwcller defined by the
mortgago-obsolcsccocc of tho environment that mokea up
bis life ls the 0/IU.W prlma and the mandatory demand for
change. Tn human telTI\S this kind of chunge ls better
tennod as tho disruptle>n of a certain oonditfon of poor
"standard" so AS lo lnstnll In fts place another condition
which standard !� lntrln�ically as poor but thot makes for
a !in.incii,J dynamism, hardly peroolating "down" llllo the
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cood,tion of mltD. 'l11nt ft mi�ht he eas!rr to nnclo haclucs.,
than It ii to undo ln�er hndue.ss is quite right. Clwos is
rne>te easily •suh$titutod" by 10mctlw1g the. TI,o ••m• t,
In the pragmatic ai;-ceptanc-c: of n dlspotnble h.1dnoss, as
what rnnkes up inch hadnes� is our own lives.
Where tho real dillercnco lies however l.s in the fact
th,t a frugal system 11, by dcfluition, mnre eully altered,
rt'Adapttd, than a non-frugal onft. One might rtbut tlint.
We d(,nl not with two systems. but with a system ell<l
an a-sylltm. Tho mttrorlOlllan dfsfntc..-gratcd stn,cture Is
•-�temntic in tho &<'l1<e of b�ing randomly, cn$unlly de•
llnod. Bot "hat goes for order in tho miw·ml wurld, tho
atom!stic-stutistic order, iJ proto- or sub-order in the world
of thought nnd con�follmess. It Is I.hit short-chllngfng
tl1P1 wo perpetrate for e>ursclws tlmt makes the environ­
ment of our making 111b- or proto-humnn. It I• n quC$11on
of resron•ih!llty. Fnrel"� re<ponsihility i• suh-respon1!•
bility nnd w.-11 llll sub-hwnan (sub) systems.
pntrimony, ends np to be wa,telnnd, th� pa,king lots of
Qtlf stnw"d awny longing. Expnnsinn on waste Lmd by n
socMly oud culturv.lly wast<.-d ,-oul Is hardlv •gruwth." It
h n firmer grip of &nb-plnnnlng on th6 affairs of man.
In ontologknl tomui it is foto t.oklng the np)"'f hnnd
(suitiJtice1ly driven) at tho ewe of (urban) life. Jt fa ngll.in
the \\1,clom of nnl\lre which points the way. The fitness of
any Uvtng system i.S rtnngently gaugt'<I to the ,1,..., c,f it.
Cignntism Is a threshold to unnihilntion, for nt Jc,ast one
clelU' rcas,m: When the cnvironmcutal chall!.'ngcs arc not
�ndfld to swiftly ond collt'rently, the necet1tnl)' lntcr­
depondl!ll<e of org11ni<m nncl cnvironm�nt brculc down.
Sluggishness, dumbne1s, d�•,islU:wtitn:t, retardation d,w·•
&l-tori,,. bignea In nature as well WI in corporate struttures.
The lnrgest nnd most romplex nnn-hiologloal systl'lns nre
the metropolitan centers. To suppose or think tl1nt accro­
tlon Into a bigg<-r and bigger wnglomcrutu LS to thll ll<l-

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vantage of the system is to think ngnJn5t our be,t knowJ.
edge. For any conunuruty there I$ a vislblc, or lnvftJhle
boWldary for tho optimal life of its citizenry. & fl fl for a
person, growth is physical in the lnitlal plwe and thftl It
becomes inner gJ'OWth of a noo-phy5icul ldod, ao Jt should
be for the structures that sustain our devdopment from
conception to grave. The same mccl1anism that pcrpetu·
ates life and injects In it the ele01cnt of novelty ( the con­
ception and birth of the new organl<m, from parents,
physiologically developed} applies to the conceptlon-blrth­
dcvclopmcnt and the oppcnnmco of olbprlog In the urban
lleld. Doth phenomena deal wllh tho manipulnt.lon oI mat­
ter and rnerro, by a drive of A higher ordl'r, life, More
than An ruialogy Is the �enactment of a similar upsurge
of the ycnsl of lifo al a dlll'crcnt kvcl of intensity and con­
sciousness nnd consequently, of complexity.
The city Is oompreh�nslvo of tho single or!tllnl<m. The
single orgnnlsm is not comprehensive but participatory of
tho city. The si1,0 of Rny �organl=" might well be delined
by the power of lotcrlorizntlon. Tho greater such power,
the more comprehensive (Luger) tho organism can be.
11. b arco1"(!.y Isolated or UolallngP
To put boundnriH to n plumomenoo I• not to 1.Jolate IL
ll is lo be eblo to gov<ffl, so.:rvo, core, Identify, c:h.nlcterb:e
11. bolnUon comes from dlviliion, sub-division, not from
containment, srlf-oootnlnmenL As we connot df!ftne u liv•
ing on orgitnlsm dlJtnember<'d and thrown to the four
winds, wo canocl count for qulllilAUve life In an •�an­
H
lm:i which respouds lo demographic pl'CISUTH by splaah­
lng out further nnd further nnd which, because of the re­
sulting imbalance, bas to slash its own 8csh with ever
more lsolnUng channels of "communiroUoo" and transpor­
tation.
Logistics has, M mfnfntt,ri7.atlon does, and one u the
implementnU011 of the other, an clhicnl Imperative tagged
to it. The sooner we come lo see It the better olf we will
Spirit II Alatur Bocomlng Splrll
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be. A ,�If-reliant community I• an 011tgnfng cnmm11nlty.
ll has too mu<'h to giv<1 to w•nt lo .soul 11.S<'tr oil In f.1<-t, the
core result of physical t'<>nl11lnmcul fs metaphysical n,dl­
anc,,. Hy the yarwtlC'k of the mineral world, thb I• the
�diAuce lluit fl broodca.st at dlUen•nt intr.nsitlC's by any
livlllg tluug frvro 113 !cm dowu us the virus to us Wgh up us
man.
1a. W/,y go 1171?
Arcology is the rnvlrnumrntal conscri ucnce of tl,c dis­
COVl'f}' th•t h•• found tht direct rf'lationshfp hetwf'811 th11
lntrnslty of a living phenomenon, nn orp;nnl,i,n, or a socirty
of organism• and lhe compluxity 0£ tl1e slll1lc. This rela­
tionship b framed, !ltl to speak, In n phy,;!cnl fitntctnro
wlikh Is eve,- moro oifoclivo. lhc closer its dimension I� to
zero. The omulprescnt, omniscient "point" I, the ,cat 0£
godlJness. This ft a way of saying that pure !lpirlt bas no
physi011l dimen•ion, or for a materloli.•t-ognoslic that spirit
is not, as spirit has not phvslcal dimcmfons. Tho doscsl
approdmaHon lo this h)'pc,thotloal pure spirit 1, the mind
of man, whoso phyi;lcal dlmt•norlon ls man, his npus nnd the
whole of cosmos but whose center of operation is tlte
braln. JI Is a littlo 111 If the •cosmic constitu�ncy" had d,,l1;o
gallons rrpre.senlfng fl in each hous�, of r�presentntiv..-; we
call the brain. The more distant und rcmoto tho rcpr<>­
aentlKI, the less voting weight in the rcpre<ant11tivc. There
Is th"11 an Implosive charge toward thn center magnet we
Cllll the brain th..t only death or illness might dill'\l$ft. The
delcgalet present their C:,,.S<'S a11d patiently wait for re­
sponse,. The delegates fmm the physiological 1nc1Jv1d1ul
belonging to a brnln h11ve prt,{'f!<fonce. Thi' l'l'pre«"ntotive
from a burned Unger finds (gets) !ru.tnnt 11udlcuee and the
healing me1mln)I go Immediately Into cffocl. In convt•rNe,
a star horoSoop,,, might find deaf e1lN (until soo1e accltkut
or colnddl"l'loe) .
Mysticism, hreo.k tho rulC!I and tl10 boundnrfoa of the
animal rllCOdo iu sp1&co ,wd tum: bcyoud the IJmit., of w1-

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derstanding. The physic.-.l chnracteruUc of tho •m1rado­
brain" is not smallness but minfoturi7.ation. 1ne dill-­
between the two is the degree of ro,nplexily.
A grain of sand is smaller tlum thl' braan, but a thou ­
sand cubic yards of sand arc still 1WJ fore-.'t'r hopeleuly
simple io comparison. At the end that is "hy all the a.hie
yardage of a galaxy ill compares \\llh a fow pnund, of
gray matter aod, by the way, th,,t I, why etherealization
is the most implosive-explosive phenomenon of reality.
Implosive in its process of oonstruetim:: lo itseU the most
c,,ntPr.-d--00mpJp,c tool•; t>xplnsivt 111 the reacll such tools
a.re udiwriug tu iL \\'ell, the tool of rt� ls
rompb minlaturi:.ed. That ls, ph)>lcally folded upon lt­
..,ff in the most compact, nnobtn1lllve pn.cbgo,.
To go up \\ith our t>itle, t, to apply the very ame ttth­
noJoID Lo an aualogOWJ pheno111c110D. The t'OOlpk:x-mmia•
11.ni:ood city is tl,o truly 01ganic, congruous to WIIUl'e,
8\'t•uts cnnying etl,cre:ihution fnto the body soda! and
the t'n\ironment It defm.-s for ib own engruamcnL
13. Wl,at of tod,1,:f• cit/a?
Ik<:at.lk tho cities rcp,cwnt a huge invcttmcnt of bumao
ingenuity 11nd toil, a.ad �use they ore the cmly thing....,
J14ve to work ",1h. thc-y are imlhy,ffl,ahle for carrying oo
tlui hU$iot'SI of life. But CM II for • stagnllnt 10C1cty, dtlel
\\OUkl be in con�tnnt n-1 of rcn0\11tlou and adaptation.
rn foct, by bcioi: so crudely C'Onc<>i\'OO and 10 nin�
tbt"V demand far too large a <hare of our meam and minds
to ju.t stay on IJin hrink of collapie, We cannot afford to
take C'llfc of them !Ind at the S11U1" Ume we cannot alford
to di� of thc-m. l'he urban cri.<iS la here to stay for a
long, long tirnt>.
For II problem of su�b m:usive11C!IS and JU<'h future
mortg.1¢n� thl' IN$! intl'llii:Mll nnd n,aluti<' thlng WC cru1
<lo Is to do what we do: some aort of domino-theory ap­
pliCAtfon in r< vcnc. If "o let collapse lltt4I and imtitutiOIII
whkh are 1ulllci..n1ly for apart, the corpse will rclafa some
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sort of coufiguraUon and ,..;th It a scmhlaneo of life. We
"ill nf!\tt get ah� of the gnmo. ID D gnme whose chips
arc soulful perliOtlS. Tho malnten.:mco of a ,totus quo Is
the mo5t we can hope for In the cxlstlng dtlcs, but th.,t
d01ea not speak for nny klod of •�t>hle future. The
future belongs to bold integnw lncorporotlng tedmologl­
c,al, logi.rticol, funtionnl updateJncss for wbicb the meas•
ure of things Is tho meter of man, ecologically so1md
and spirihaally alh'e.
As It is In the naturo of ovolutionory roility, those sys­
tems wlll 5Ul'Vlve and dcvrlop th:lt arc best suited for the
challeoges posed to life by the scenarios ddlned by the
past lt is up tout to ddlno by tho moons l10d within the
rules of the ph)'llcal w,lvcrsc those alterations In tho past
-oar1os as to foster the dcvelopmn,ts of more human
dtysaipes. If those will really be so, no tears will be shed
for the progressive withering away of our towm and
cities. Or better, for their reach to a new sense o! clfoc­
tiVfflll5$ there will he reJoldng not sad�s or mentment.
The tnuuformlsm of the whole of reality is ll,c most tanl(i­
ble of all Intangibles. A clnomatlc time-<.-omprcmon gf tl,e
development of any mban ,tn1ct11re sbnws this clearly.
Stone. bricl<. wood, asphalt, concreta bec-ome as ubiquitous
u _,er. In and out llicy come and go defining lilld rc,de­
Bntng the bndscape of ,ocial and cultural man. Thelr tlmc
schedule Is the life IJ>A" of dvlli:z.,tlons 6tting with those
"1thln tho larger time 1-t of a slowly, nff so slowly, ag•
mg earth and ,olar system. We are not tLo lnnoccot
savagM of eons past. We are the sophi>ticated barbarians
of the p..-nt. The T1Ature wo give to ourselves Is the na­
tun, of urban m&11. \Ve aio bom g,n tlcally •innocent"
but culrurally loaded.
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FUNCTION FOLLO"\VS FOR\{
( Structure Before Pcrfonnollcc)
Tlw ""'Y biologkal life d,,"doP• iutn n<!'\V forms and
co,ucloUSlu.'U Wt"IT� to wnlinn ll1•t tlie lll$tru111cnl ha.. 11
chrm1'lloglcal p�Cll! �-er tho r,<:rfonnanc,e. An (lf•
g..,,mn d""' Ml "11lfullv con!ilruct fOT himgcl{ a nrY.• or­
g.an so 11• to attain a ceri.Jn goal, but stumbles by mutant
chance onto a oertaln charactmzatlon gl\-en to ft fraction­
ally nnd in io.lini�imal d<>«"t. Tt i.s tb11 ll.ullon of IUCh mu­
tant novelt)-tbll nl'\v fn.<trum<'tlt-th:tt males the otglltlism
able to pt'rfonn a CMtain o« whk:h t'Ollk! not Joa,-e been
pc1-Curm..-d bd'on,, no mnttet how pat tbl wofubien or
how inlcl\lO th<' ddfro Jud boffl for ft (Ji4'C! the urban
par..Jlcl). As such clWISC!S happen to iDCJWR bl,: olum0el
(or wrvival. thl!)• increnio at.o tho number of ol!sptfng
carrying the mutnuJ alteration. TIM! aock of the ,:inilfe
d ues llOL g,ow out of 1hr will of the ,mimal, but out of a
ft'<)U'1let! oI genetic va.rladona at'CidMllllly us,,l'ul for hil
wcU-be!ng. The, functlon does r,()I origloate tho fonn. lt
m3fnlalns it. Th11 long nPdc of tJ.e giratTc b li.ro,po,atNI
into I.ho spuc,... In UJ much 1111 ft Im fou.od a functlclu wo-
ful for the anlmttl. At tl1" wne tim<'. the <"httln of off'}'ring
of tho tcnnil pl.iycr will uol show 11ny displ'OpOrtion bo­
rnccn right onJ lc:lt arm tllOUgh hll hiouclf might ohibit
a right arm rnon, musrular and hNvy !hon the left, ( ao­
quhed �tlon In • •rr1nge" funcUon, not gm�lic
altcruUou wnrJ.iag at th e con, of survival). If a tynlllt
dynn"Y wnJ to dl'rnand S11J)f'n:hamplons from a restrlc:ted
Cl!lo:1, then the gMetio machine would lt3rt ,,..,rlcln� (u
lu the cuo oI ,clcc,kd cattle l,recc!,), ur cJ..e the gt!UClllogl·
cal tree, al 1.wu1y tl'llllfl pbyed fawJ.IJc. would I.to tnlll·
c:t1tcd,
There is an ekweot o! pure noVlllty lo the progressian
of lwb whae the new, if accidental. lostrumcot (mutant
chAnicter) almoel fOTCeS up:m the organi<m a new kind of
relotJo,uL.ip with the CtJvitonmoot (and with bimse1£ in tho
C3lt<! ol consclou-sno,n.reSect.lon). It ii tLe rcvcnal o f the
abu.� "form lol!Q"' function'' fonnul.t. (t ft ln.'ltl'lld "funo.
tlou follow, Conn.• or oue oau 63'j, "structure p1eceila
perfomiauce.• The form Is tbcni In the genctlc cmerg.:nt
mutation. ::, itrntture that nr,pe:uw and bC'come, lllled with
event,. 11,..- earth ibd! i i the m05t �pmicns/.,-. caJO in
point. It 1s IIJU'd to believe (unacceptable) that [� "(uno­
tiOu� wv tho genenitJoo and austrnan<>e of li!e.
nm EST.RETIC AND TJIE EXTRAVACANT
C,n wtut Is don,, haphanirdly In the genetic world be
done comcl(,wl)' and willfully In the mental unlversel' The
t'Slhctic ·p-· docs this a.s it is ll"'t kind or O\·ent
which justille, iblclf by fb own advent, and lb u,cful.
oees Is not to be found In an a priori fUDCtlonal demand.
And a, It Is f« the mutant S"')C, it is more than often.
prepooci.notly, a regressive mublnt, tho •tW:n&•'ilgiwt.•
But now and thoo the extnavagant Is pl.!$),ed 11Jlde 11nd
aeation conies to be and with !t the euil!'tgcmce within the
tpecl• o f a 1111\\' ocm,oclousoess. D n�w fragn1ent of ethen­
allutioo. 101.11, In a way In tho human \\Ork!. tho mullllll

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Our wealt1i goes and 18 (n >i• I un,l ball �
lngs, In u'/,;;ohol a,ul model /.,,,,,a, In asphtdt
and adoerllsements, In bur111 oil urw:I grou na­
Hoool pollution. W/14'1 will be o/ OUT chl/d,rn.�
\YIU tky lHt ,t�,•l and ball bMri.
�t Is subrtituted by 1M esthetlo event moving the
.--olutlon,ur thrust &om lhe g�1>-biological to the cul­
tW'lll•pttsoWIL Of all other •ctfvitics of man, IIOlle �'<!Ill
t o be 110 early c:onncctfng the pn:<t to the future without
pusing thwugb the purgo.tcny ol lnstrumcntalfzatlon.
Aud a., it bappcm lu the biolo¢oal world, often IUCh (D.
ltrumevb>Jr,atiQU glvlJII te1Ulb tb:u are t he equlv:Jent of a
(non-lU'ddcnlal) lxid muwtion l1l.lllciog th& orgnoi.<m ba
well oqulpp«I for survival. A c4>ssio m.mplc ii the au�
a,ohlle. The fUrvi,-aJ of the rnce Is jeopardu.A!d by the mu•
taot inc.o,poniting the ci,r into tho str\lCltl.lre of aoctciy. Nor
b the UMllogy too fwctcllcd if Oil.cl e<>osldcrt (i) tho
,pcdd Is in many ways an organlml rornpoffil. not of oolls
but o( penons, nnd !hat (:) this otpnim1 hns trim•feued
mort o£ lb cvolutlonary thrust rrom blc>genetic de\.ict!s to
tecbnologiall tool,. \Vbat remalus to he -.a It If the will
or the dltalmlnatlve power belonging to the I.Ingle com•
ponentt-the pcn!OP-hllS in ltJ<elf rotalocd or lo(,orporut«l
tlac ability to di:itingullb the good from the bad tool
(mut:int) which Is, In human terms, the choice of U!o or
dooth (or the species. Only -illtclligcnt· dedsfola can dis­
engage the l}XCfeS Irom the prasure and the ratolity of
•natunu R>JL'C'tion.
In the !ormuLl •1onn foll<>,., functi011" it burL!d tlie
Erigbt.ful fact th:it A high r-otage oC the functious a.re
the "}ttfvalsit oE behavior originating &om blld genetlo
mutalioQs, thoM for Instance of th o •am do, lhu. must do"
ethic <- the wtonlob�). When the feaslblo becomes
the dalnbl1t In u much u ft l!Wclls the gros. naUooal or
pe,wn4I prodnet, the mublfan It ,taodi [or Is not a loglau
or conslru'1tive mutntioo. Chan.oes ""' that ft Is ooe of
tLo,e (ntally bud mutationJ crowded wil.h c:Luk forebod­
wgs.
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Tho oxlst,mu of God Lt l,!f11Vthelk•al If ,.ot im•
po,slb� bccauu of tl,a diffusion opatat/Ofl in
th• 1111/oet#,
If tlu, lmplaston of tlu, u11/orr.111 u "ordr,rly,•
wlllfully eoolved, tl•et• Lt wlwt'fl C<xl may
co� to be (esllUJtogclWl4) ,
cnr n11d the Invention of tho 1[100U or of thCI arw!Qgy? To
find It ono mw;t Clll'I')' lho condiUo0$ they ndVOCrtte to their
ultJ.m.ito coo51:4ucoce1, \Vhol oppcaa Ill tho 11utomobtle
oootm II that those C011Beque11oes are the negntlon o f the
premises on whlob tho invention (mutotlon) was iDoor­
ponllcd Into the body-social. Tlio oommunlcation-lnfoxmn•
Pn nbn, original tcl the Invention of the Automobile, i&
tf
atuotcd OTid llnolly dl.mppellrlng ns the nntomobOe takes
over •nd pru-a.J)'ld sodcty. (If the giraffe•, neck doesn't
,tx,p growing, It will make the llllimal unl!L) The mystique
which ls ot tho dri,vot", scot of this p:miclox c:in ba.rdly be
fowid In tho spoon. wbJcb will ttlDIAln more or less always
a hmnble device fcrr feeding ourselves.
The =logy? ln its most nnked purposo nroology fa on
attempt cu, much 11s ond fnr more th1111 the automoblle at
giving the peraou the swiftest way to communlc:£11.lon, in•
formation and 11ctfon. n wnnts to enlnrge the persooil unl•
verse of each lnclivldtuil b y centering hlm lu tho thick of
thing,. At tta matt "amurd• llmlt, the aroology become&
puoctlfonn; tbitt lJ to 111y, It COtltnins lo "no .lpllC8" the
wholo o£ ltsclf a.od tho o,gaoi•m.s It i.. meant to serve. It
TC10lvea Itself and Its own content into pure iplrlt. This
lmll$formnt:ion, a, po.a'8doxlool o.s it might oppear. Is none
but tho drcantcd omnlpotonoo and omnlpr()SCl)ce of Cod.
Oivitote Del beoorning Godlllce . , . God himself. The In•
&oite oomplexfty of a being uttezly centfflJd upoo Itsell
h>.flnltcly powerful and lnfwiloly wiso (by dcBnitlon a, i t
11 $J?lrlt); a llolnt whose next metam0tphosb could b e the
advent of the ezplosloo known a, the "big bang." lnltl4tlng
o new COIIIIOII, tho aplritunl uoiverso. A uoivcn,o, liberated
l!lllll tho •,tavery" of mass-enorgy•sp(ll.lcl, can pcrf orm
explosively lnsteod of necessltatillg the fmpl()flve pcrfo1m•
imce (the� Ubcntting fonn).
So wbot wo - on ooo 1ido fa tho car, scatter.log ever­
more. to a uuiform dullne&S and dumbne:13, the species of
™ Into iBolated, ,cgregnted, electronlcnlly plugged-In

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cel.ls; Olld on the other, th e a.rwlogy thnt put; eA(h dty
dweDer •t the -center" of the dty, 1h11 1,1.ei&J pollt:lon for a
peISOn to be conscious and to be p,trt of \hQ lnfonnatioo­
commanication-action-participation world, lo which hu be­
longs u a soc:ial-cultwal individwil,
l t is to be pointed out that at the semoe level. fmlllll­
ness, oo-ordination and efficiency induce ..,1(-effacemenr.
If a Cleveland needs a police foNlt' of lour lo 8110 thou•
sand, an arcological Clevebnd cuu do with .ao par cont
of that number. So i t is for the other ttr\'O-S)'ltem.t Jc�
Ing the city In ihnpe1 delivery c,nd retri�val of goods
a.nd wa11ta<, delivery Md pi-rfonnari<:o trf utilitla, 11nd
ICll"Vlcel-whcllier m1111ual. ml'Cba.ulcal or both. To teClk tho
opposlte, with the not 10 original contcntio" that II tho
pollc;o oan become w efilclont the city wlU booomo • po­
lice city, la thnt IUJIDW\t of 14ytng thqt it ii better to m1ilm
evcxyooe Into a -policeman, a garbage collector, 11 p01tal
employee, a mu:k driver, a tclopbono maintrJ1lanoo man,
ll doctor, a outso, ll sower supervisor, a bu.I driver (a eat
dm�rP) etc. 'J'hnt Is to any, loose lllOD In lhe -1.e of tho
1morpho1�, wbero life becomes random nnd, lastly, Cod'•
litter. Dalcg,iUoo of respons!b!Utl� effl!Ctlvely cout:rolled
by tho oommwuty IJ the gonJ wld the =wlcr tha 1uper­
vlsad body nod the mnchlncry It u,.,., the better oil t.ba
community. 1'hls polnl:ll 11t mOli! thno physical mlnlaturtza­
tloo. lt. -.tatcs alao that for tha "iiuno" aim!, a i-.. num•
ber of ll)IVice men Ate ncocled. The pCIU!lltago of ,wvloo
and mafntenc,nce people Is cut to a fraction o£ It, former
11wnbn-, tho butenUotlltlo mRchlnery aluivels to • abadow
of its fomior sel£ and l tJ loortla all but d.lnppeus. Theo
society npens tho Cruits of swift11c,ss, response, seDJitba•
tloo. ft becomes dyn:unlo. Without n-arily beoomtog
JlllJblle. (1 say this b�n, becao,;e of the m.lmkeo tdeoti-
6eatloo of mobillty with dywunmn.) ll �ea dyn=Jc
l!!!entlaUy heceuso ton, dtudgf'ry and MDJ(lleffllt'.ss a.n,
druticully �-ut to size. .At 1.lils poinl mlnlaturizatlon loaves
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<>pp(Jrtuni.sm to bccomo o n lm(l<lratlve-tho etblcul impcrn•
tfvo that dcnand1 the coru;dous ond willful use of lhe
nnlvone of matter and energy In the only way thnt co n
susl41o tbo IUl'llivnl and cvolutiOn of life.
The other d.lllercuu1 between the en.r, the spoon and the
aroology Is in the po�.•lblf' [)l'l'!tllnCe or not o( the estheUo
in tho cnt, th.i spooo cwd lhe atcology. Tho automobile or
tho spoon � or were given a very limited •lot Into relll­
fty; lh4Jr mllln purpo11e f� to sl!(Ve well, IX> "perfo11n hon•
ottly. • To ,uch a category bcloug)J o "benuty" of dlrootnou
and rondahillty, 11 proto-esthetic llm:,oC!l,, Ullt:roublcd, ooz-.
root, rntlonnl. log!rol, cllnlcol (All present In the beat of our
tools 1111d equipment). For the nrcology, whoso soopo is
almost lnseparablo from tho contnxt o£ Ufo ltaclf if 11 u
true tbnt tho mv!ronment ls meshed ln witl, li.£e, the -
tl1cUc potC)lllilu Is boundlcui thnt ls lo sny, I n ono and tho
tame more promf!lng nnd more dangerou,. Tb<l correct,
tho rntlonol, the logfcru, the clfn!cal, ought to give wny t:o
lho oom,pond.ing �ndente>l lwin>-the "more thnn•
(more thnn rnt!onal, mo.re than logfcu.l, more thun clinJ.
cal). even nt the risk of collnpsing into the "less than," ln
the most prngmntic light. tho worlh of mnn ls lnclissolubly
bound to the esthetogenctfo process as It LI only by It ( £or
It) thnt 11141\ will 6od himself to bo tho w!mess of n COin•
pitS!loMto Cfl11ironment, worthy of te\'Ctffllc&-1\n en\lfron­
ment mnde of things, of live things and of penous.
One con cnrry on the p.imllel, in t1 garbllld f11.�hlon
undoubtedly, mindful lhnt llllU1 cvolvee on tbr 1brt1e fronts
of grnct.la,, technology, ttnd c:rentlou, wilh tho gcncUc
statlstlcnlly 11clnptlng the fonnula "fu11cUon follow, form";
nnd tho «eotlve worlclng out conscfoudy, tlutt Is, non­
atatlsUcully, "forms• wblcli dcllno thoir own funCltlon. One
them ,ees the mllXl•gira.llo whose ncclt 1s stretching (Is
ltP); the lllllll-teohnologlst whose lnstrumCDts-automo­
b!lo.•. typewrll'-"r.t-nccumuloto his power ror trans-form•
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ceding. reacbmg up to the branchm oC the lJ«I of creation
whose Jeave$ will possibly, if not lmprubably, l,ud Uld
grow at the rt1diance of the three-headed craitW'O.
In a fully responsive aroology, aU t.hrci-e of che,n must
be -present and worlcing. The port<>nt lo to mck. the wbolo
a.mmal (the city). with its physiologlw and technologla,I
instruments on d with its leaves growing amply 11p thcite,
into a pandemonium, a quivering, of grnce, !Jetellity, file,
joy, reverence, es:citlltion, oonsciou.mess, cxpectatJon, To
make this pos$lble for man It ls not aufi!cHmt to shelter
blm from pain and pwmhment with the help of bel111v•
loral cooditioning, On tho J..ft uf :tc.-ro the most wo can
hope for IJ tho smallost oE the ncgatlvo nwnbets: - 1
• we are, our;elvc.s, tl1a makers, illvcntor!I, and creators. At
as tho world of lhe posllivo nwnbcn Ir bloclcud olf by
:uiro, itsclI, tbo edge o f the hvo Wlltcisheds of adaptlllloua
ond creation, A, adaptative anlronls, wo aro pun:ly the
creat,,ires of our em,1l'Ol\mMlt, As creators of the real wo,ld
wo uc I.ho agent of a trust that canoot be oomrletcly ao­
oounted for by I.be pristine oatlll'O of tbo plru>ot Npporting
us.
Tho qua<!tlOII 11rlse,i: JI tblt the right time for laUDchlng
into chancy Mdenvors In tho h0pt1 thmt, among the many,
one might tum out to be fruitful? U the atteulpt wen, a
purely blind date with the futult!, the anJWCr ahould be
no, u the suffllring and tN d�prlvation. an, global and 111-
teuso, and tho stakes a,:c, frlghtfully central to tbo bypotb­
eallt of man u an anllMI with a future. But if (1) tbla
lulls thcsi111alion, and(�) I.be date lllnot a bliJld oae but
Indeed ls niclJoally Joined to the dyllllmlct of evolutioo,
then tho unpredlct.t1bmty Itself of the wsulttng •formula"
might oont.ain the host fermC'llll for tho germination of a
oovel renllty. It might Wtlll ho thft l>e!lt If not the only
hopeful llssure that the clt.avage of our problem mlght
have to pnay In, for th e luv1:nlioo of • ioorc, human fu­
tu.c.
\Ve in part $l1Rf"' on5wcr& by bolter shoplng instruments
of wbld1 we bnvo c,cpcdcnco (wlupuitloo, Improvement),
but at tl,e some t!m a we mu� mk 11 "!anger neck" even
if the lcnYt'S th.,t such n�k will oEford were not much
more than ontolt,gically probably BDd aUlpicoble. It ii
tl1cn not a pure 08.SCI of structure before perfonnance-­
"fonn bef()ro funetlon"-of tl10 g<'nolio ,vorld, but a well­
rootud start on n baclcground of put � and cr­
rol'I, In n joumey which cl1artf'ring in detnll would not
ouly bo nanmghwd but plulnly incoherent ns tho hind to
be 10ught II not there to be dlsc:ovetcd but hos to be ill­
vented and created along the way. Therefore, the Journey
ii not into lhlug, exl.stlng but toward tho futur& ol which
attil."' ls II more Intense physloo-splrlhinl beoomlng nnd
•tronger fulfillment, for both tlio paqon and the ,pecles.
And by the way, If thll Is not clear, the p;,rsou Is llho, 1£
not more so, the gheuo-bound nnd the hunger-stricken, Ior
whom immodialo �o-philnnthrop!o piety-Ir often )t,SII
thll!l composslouate ond too oftcn mystifying. "\VeH must
"immedbitely" feed the hungry. Upon eaC!h of us is the
wci!,ht of our personnl hypocritical forgetfulnca and tho
d.lJOOt reapon,ibillty for the lllft'emnce and debw,,anlzs­
tlon o{ the ill fl!d. &-yond t.htlt. our prnollcal ,o!\1tlorur nre
111pr-contod !niudufonoo as llwy only trunsfcr within
IQdety tho 111me "origfnnl sins* \\ithout trying to expel
tbw.o from I.he IX>ntext of humnn llfe.

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THE CRAFTSMAN AND
OBSOLESCENCE
Sc.➔enc11 may rationalize th11 n'Um of l!�sh me! bone into
ohtioleSlX'noo. Then the just, tho ,1ro,1ural, a.nd tl,e ru­
tJoniJ will be undisputed mnsten of II lpt,cios rr-i m>m
liOnow and deprived of joy, II ao, all tbllt g001 with am•
t.nnporary man is of very circumJcribed meaning-a mean•
l11g simply imtrumental to tbia blstorlcal roomwt In tho
cvolutiorutry process.
II thJ.s II the 01150, tho artl and cra.fta IIJ'C among tho lMSt
eO'ectlvc, tool, of such evol11tlon, ao much sou to lx!oome
ontologically meaningless. To dl'llg tbt!m along toward
Lloo future would he loss than realistio.
�1y contention JJ . , •
t, That the l'lltionnl world, the world of structure and
Juat.lce, Ir a pedestal, ,o to speak, to lilo a.ud uot llfo lt­
solf,
11, That oo sucll a pod.01Jt41 man, tho CQmpur.lonato thilf
of tho unlVl!l'lo, Is areatlllg. formillg. a pott-.111Uoo•I
world, a world of non-ob,olcscont ohonctor.
3, That $Uch world will dcmo.nd a reded.klltlon of .mu'a
� effort towG.ld II non�xpedlent eovJronlDl.lDt.
+ ThDI 1t1cli c:nvlrollJDcDt will Le! c�<0loglc:a1ly reluvant,
ted,nologloally str,1ct111,-d, ,1111hetlailly formed and thRt
the crnfu nnd 11Tts will bo lntegnil parts of it.5 lnfrn­
Jtructurul mod,..1,
IS, That the freedom affo� by lelsul'O-{lutmnntlon and a
oewly cultivatod sensJHvlty of tho indJvidual will open
ever larger •lots of time and p�rceptlon for him to seek
,ulld self-exprosslons: Ml within the �ty frame of
tl111 �uvaganl but ID the context of humononoss.
6. That the tutAI and coov,,:glng power of tho spedea will
ultimntely reveal itself as 1u1 estbetogenw of nuh1ro,
tnwsAguring thu lllltural into tho hUDllUI in hwrutn
cx,ologle11 of onfumeeablo power,
7. Thul tho.I which distinguishes the extravaguut, regrcs­
slVI! l1lld squalid from the csthmic, essential an d IJvcly
it the fund�mentnlly human, eidatent/o.l elcrne11t of an­
guish, ignored by tllc exlrtlvagnnt, t.riuUllgured by the
estbcl:lc.
8, That th 11 pursuJt of hnpplness will fONM!r faJI to nlmte
such angul,h in Its rosidual 111ci1Jur& and th111 it Is In­
deed In tho ml"tamotpbotils of ruch angul�h Into ertbeto­
oompa.ulon whl!l'e mnn And$ life worth living and, by
it, tho Joy to bo.
The following Is not th& orderly exposltion of a thc,ls,
It 1$ 11 group of tdeas blngt'd togethl'r. A better orgonizn,
lion may greatly roduoe the panuloaical uppeamnoe of
many of them,
The urluU$11ea of man'• cxmdltlon demnnds from onch
o( us au Dllnlust dl'ort to &nd subtt.unco to one's 11ct1on.
The craflsrnao canoot pro,ume a pre{emitiul trea,tmoot. If
It t,ver happens tn ho that hbl pnttlalpatlon i n the evolution
of the spoolel Is opbemcml, ho b4d bettt'r llnd for hlin•
aelf worthier ench,Qvon,
OllSOLESCENCE
Obaolescenco Is a worrisome phenomenon for con-

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Tho •poor of /Tio pouiblo la tU rich n Iha
1og,.ik'-1 allou, U to EH,. Thi! de-11rabl11 �tu th
way Into ,t;tdlly If U It •aa,,,.-d" rnough. Tho
frtmbl8 Qtlllraot rnak# IIM.·lf tmlrobl• if U loaa
ii nat wilhln iui:lf to b4 ,o, not tom indeed IM
/,:a IIO, w1- U II aclua� (!IOI rr all=l). - there Is any r-1 for the -hantmenta ot c:rutl.
temporary man. Tho accdctnting t<'Ulpo In tho bappeuing
of things v.ub 11< a gri.Dder, and dtibris of all sorta, thlogi,.
COIICe'ptt and c;onvfctlon litter our inntr and outer land­
ICll(>Cl-
s,,lenoe, an its part and fn all honesty, II loolclng into
tho por,ibility of a forure without lle&h, without pain and
without joy. II this ii tho roallly oE the future, It ls qulle
evident that the days of the aafta.man an, nmpl"lfC.'d. llut
then ,oare the days oE man as we Ggure him to be.
To go with the mbjeot In a brond peupectiVI!, one may
1ay then thar the possible obtolesoence of cn!t as objocb
and u "profeaion� ii O\-toaest by the obsolcsoence of ID8.II
blmsclf,
To find tho ,-.lidfty of enuts, one "'-Y tbos ba"e to:
1, See ff th& IClmt:IBc drearu for a llesble.s, speclea Is
valid or not.
ll. U vallcl, find one's peace of mind fn tho pmcnt. 115 it
comes, unqucstlonlngly (wilclsm) or passively (C')'Dl­
dsm).
3. U Invalid, try to find out if for a mDD with a fulun,
+ If such need .is found, d1llbluh the lodlspensabllity ol
enuts on appn,priat� besls.
Taldng the poblts one u a time ..•
Point ano rmda: S.. If 1M ,cknlifi" dream for o fl,'-'TJ.o.u
,peclu " oahJ 0, not.
If !tum.an life lib or wlJbos to Gt the boandarlct of tho
_
rational, It would - that - tho oumple:dtles _ of tho
mind and the mlraclelo of tho body are dlseotangled and
displayed by lder>ee me! logic, a wph!.tiadod technology
will deviM leu wuteful OOlltl.inen than the cpedlent
8sh. But ue talJonality and justll'fl, once �. the
aims of life? Could It be that jtlSlfce and r'lliMPJ•ty to­
g� form the pec!estsl r« llfeP That 1.t to ay, would nnt
a just and rational -Id be simply a � plat­
form for the unfolding c,£ liwlinc::s? U Ibis wen, the -,

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Comp.wfnB wlt11out Cflllgl'll- u p� ronft'�
lure because tho "cardltlar' (hinge) truth l.r
tl,at we, an faced by an lmpalrlona'4I unl1-
Md tU talll lUc.cud only If 11,111 work cxrngru•
1t11tly with and u:ill,iB ii.
7S
'tthat could char.ictf!rlzo UvellnasP The WghClll cbaraeted­
zatioo. of hwn411CD'51 In its ms!C'Dtlal oondltloo It com­
pes,loo. CompilS!on Is not • lacrimaJ elfo.don. lt illthe gift
to faltloe of Jnalgbt. the gift to lltructlDe of form, the gift
o/. lnteol/ty to the nuiooal, -1 it is the pei1tJt11Jl1.1t"xl of
the tbnoe oi them with the rewards of Joy and at tho pico
ol blood o.od tears.
On tho � fnuno of j11Stf00 and nitiona.lity, tho
oompw!ooate ocmst:ruds the living fiber of h1xrn•0.......,
Hore then Is a moving &om structure, a ckeleton, ID a
aupmtructllre, a form. 1'his Imm Is the esthctlc. '1h11
osthetlo In this context I.I 1111 JnllnJtely deopat and more
compla element thaD the embellishment of • bdfooal
frame. Io Its -pas.,iowlto eclf. It ii lttclf t hv exp.Mio..
of tho living. It Is as If the opa'lff uneesi-of • muvw,
deprived of Nlllitivity, wo, tnmsfemd to man In the form
of • rc&idual and IIIW>lltablc 1111gulsb. tbat am.ount UD•
conquerablo by ralfooalfty and Justice. Mllll woold then
!Ddlvfduoli:m I� In pe!IOIOOI mws llDd. In • INaJaru.l
mb.turo of univenallty and subjecdvity, bo would tab
bold ol matter o.od tnmllgum lt-movtog it &om the lcwel
of fulb and ro.Uonallty ID.lo the oampasslonate y;arld of
form..U.etlc.
Io th.ls SGme, oomptiS!on II eadstendAJ f1utloe: tho just
IOftSltlad by the condlt.!on of man, an lndlvldWll 1 would
add that tho estbe& ls ellllOtlalizatf of eompilllon­
Tb.usi alltootlal Justioo Is -tialtitd ID the esthotio
phmomcmcm, or tbe eatbetlo I, the -lfaJlzadan of om­
tectJal ju,ttee. Ono could tbwi ay thllt the esthetog-11
of tbo umveno b tbo mobmorpbom to whlob tho unl­
vora Is aubmltted by that organ, DIID, tbo unlvone ltae1f
bu barborecl to find a resoluti.oo to b.ls radoual, Just. but
00t•-aot!•l'8gfffllR19 condfdon_
In this DM!DDIII', gto11 andmreflNI in one, I cooteod
that - Is fundammtally oot raHonal llOC just but sup,r­
ntlooal ,wd CCJ111paaloo1lc: ■thcllc. For a world COD-

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structing 1tsclf in such tcmns, the sec-<md pofltt ls rejected:
man cannot accept n pllSSive role in the avalAncho of
physical efficiency t:bnt the technocrat prom!,cs t.o hlm­
self nod others.
Point three reads: If t,l,e scientific dr,um of o fluhlR,
species Is invalid, tn; lo find OUI If for
a man with a futur, thcr• 16 tllllJ rual
for C't'a/u.
As the energie.� of man would then b., diret,t«l towA.rd
the esthetic, it follows that the crafts would be In nn
c:mim,nt po61Uoo In UJ,- $U'Ud\rru of society. U may be
helpful to cousld.tr hen the thcorcticBl bo1111cLuiaa or
lloDdard production, craft work nod artllltlc Cl'OGt:loa. At
,tandllrd will IOOll be synonymoWI with oo,nputed_ ooe
c:ou!J say:
1. 'Ibo c:amputcd lJ II practlcal- nbstrnct proccu dealfag
with heter�u• mat...<tlab to fulfill a prat-tical func­
tion.
Crn!t Is a weD-babnoed and subtly <UTftnged matorial
11Ttd,,rliacd by functlon-idaas.
Art lJ DJ) expression of £ccllag•ideAS by wh3t might be
call«! B sublimated mntm.u giving form to • MW
entity.
A. Tho computed II wnarpbou.s, ordered matter.
Craft Is a hnrmculous organizing of llllltter,
Art U 4 transllgurai:/4D « fflllttltr,
3. The computed Is true to robot (automation).
Crnft Is truo to feeling-rn•terlttb plus llltclligcace-tools.
Art ii troo to the urging of tho spirit.
◄• The compoted � quantity aDd functions.
er..lt ex� quality-motcrial aod funotious.
Art cxpnmc1 fnllmgi'blo emotk>a•lde;is.
5- The oomputed Is immedla.te economy.
Crnft Is l.'COOOl1l)' by harmonic acuon.
Art lJ ul1imoto economy throud, ultuo4te synthesis.
6 . Tho oowputed ls a tf:me-lodilt�cnt procets (low-pr,
bigh-ge:ir).
Craft is • d11nttlor. 1wo,Je$1.
Art ls <'4[lllble oI ruovlDll out of time.
?• The t'Omputed ls that which is boca� ft functlanil
e.llldently.
Cnaft II I.hat which ii bc.-aause it £UI1ctiU111 IJAtw0t1loo1ly.
Art Is tluit which futlt'tlons bt:causc It ls.
8. The computed has no bmhp!Aoe.
Craft nct!ds • b.lrthpw,o.
Art cc.,ws her own blrthpLt.cc.
For an even pa.rti:i.l validity of inch distinction. It would
_,, that en.rt ia IOlllChow occupy_iog that baod of action
whore Jl14D has Ju.rt cliosca to abandon physiological CYO­
JuUt,a In favor of one thot may be called oma-blologJcal.
AIQOtlg th<' least obfo�t objects m11t1 bu ever con­
ceived an, tllOllo tluot an, 1WJ1ehow the din,ct C.¥tenalon of
our physiological ll)lllt••m. For in•tance, clothing u a second
udn or a, • regain"Cl £UT; footwe:ir u thldcealng o£ the
foot skin; food ute115ll• � direct a.tens.loo of baud, Gogen,
toeth: hunting Ra.cl defcoso tooll u cxt-'ons oC 11sta,
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Tiic q111osi-blologlcal utl!ll!ils ate still hc:t"e with u, but
they are Vf!f'J mt1l'h tho ooncem 0£ mmdA.rd, aud soon
computed. produr:tlon. The man -m ode ab� bu to
count moro and more oo ooo•fua�'IJor,al dwactcJt, ie.
and 1- on dBcltmcy. The rcuon l• In the harsh truth
thnt th" 1.nachlne outdr:>os 1mm 100 to 1 wheni,wr the
problem II • pun:ly logioal-tec:halco.1-fuo.ctlocwl one.
Tbo battle for cbae"' of tbo ratlanal asp<,ct of the
phyldca.l world ls. for the craftsmaJ\, a loft l»ttlc. 1lrut,
tho more dominating is the need of dkiency, 'the leA
ii the cn.fmnm on Iha ride bf l'CIISCJD, Tho all!� of
the machin!l Is making the hmctfonal craftsman� te.
What lafies the craltsmAn nec:re,tsruy to IIOC!ety is a
partkula,ly qualltativc e.i<.'Ul('l'.lt to b., found in the osthi!tic
world, not la the 8clcl ol the fuad!Cllllll. Sud1 elea,uot
Is very ,vc bt.u.11ac, u tentntlvely &howo, It b � de·
m.aadlng. llen<-e, the 1C1rclty of true cnftmwi.

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In ve.ry general tern'lS, 1 ,�uld venturo to t11y tlmt the
most promising .field for a craft ls not in tbe !ni;tnuncnta­
tion of those activities that are- at the mioro-<'t1d of th<1
pbysical scale, as jt crumot be at ll10 mllCl'o-,..,..d of It
eilher. That is to say, not the &poon or tho •hoc, not tho
plate or tlie pot, the table or the cbRlr, nor oi,rtalnly tho
.mega-structure deGning the envirorunctntal, nco-nlll'uffl of
.man. I would 6nd the most rewm-ding nctlon of tho cruft,
In the "in-between" of the two; the homemaking, Llie l11nd­
scaping, the special cbru-acterization In smno public fnclll•
tie3, 5cboo1•. rosta11r3.lltll, shop•, tcmplos ..
111 such II frame our envlrownont woulJ be defined IIJld
executed at tlie macro- and micro-cod by the pro.Oci<'!lcy
of technoloizy, in the In-between sC11le by the ttmperanoe
wtd seruitlvity of the cral'tod.
Point Lour rcuds: lf tf,i, 11cecl far oraf/$ 1$ found, t>llabl/811
tlu: /ndLtpcMllb//tly on appropriate bi,.,,,,
TJ,e scheme developed In the prooedlng would put a
grci,Lcr bunlcn on tbo crnfts1llllU, I.bi: direct t<llp0l!lilllility
of dcllulng (In parl at least) the ln!rn•strucluro 0£ the
bumnn �nvlronment. U Is lhttt'e where nuin, 11$ a fully pru:­
tlclpatiug tndlviclual, can and mu�t ptirsue the most pr&­
oi.ous Ulld delicate oonditlon of creative £roodom. 11 con­
ditlon tb11t far outreuchc., rnt!fflltlllty, logic nnd Justice by
oomprehendlng 11nc'l going beyond them on the strength of
such comprel1tm�on.
Tho ov�r-lncreatlng pool of JcL,nr:c,®crgy wo1ild ull'cr to
tho crnflli1nnn-oovironmcutlllist abundant and co-opcmt.ivo
worlc:lng forces. Then the mnn-mode envlronmtnt W(l\lld
bcoomu an integmted comhl.oatfon of f:lne te<ibnologlcal
skill canying on, after tho oon�butl pb41C In whlch the
esthotlc betoor be £oroe!ully p-t, tho dc6nJtlon of the
mrtoro..,Jements: tho eo0loglcal pl�nnlng, p11bllo an,Wteo•
turo, utlllt!cs, tocWUcs; tho ,amo skill. carrying on aho
tho prQC!uotlon of tho bruk or tho mJQro-clcment5: utensils,
wcurlng, sppllcnnocs1 nod the craftrnlon-n,tl,an•Mvlron•
w1:nt.illst working ut boroew.Jdug ll!ld thu dctuflL-d orgiui­
lzln!( of t.b11 publlo lift>.
On tho strength o f nll this, crults would, wltb art. nvold
dceth by obsol<J$0Cl1CC. lt would not be chalnod to needs
that nr11 today and nl'ft not tomormw, M thl� opplles gener•
ally to the tootlog of society (Clltr, WILShiog m11cblm.,.type­
writer). No, would It toll pacticu1Lrly c,n the ropctitlvo
nmking of those efficient ntenafls t.lUlt are extenlll= of our
hlologionl enclowm�nui (spoon, �hoo ... ). The c:raflffllnn
wr,uld be the hllh111olng elem,•nl wbete tl10 tochnlcal aml
the e:.·thetJo would meet as1d produce u,1 envirownenl In
hannony with num.
Wo may be possibly sec!klng 11D enviroruncnt of flnlto
humnn charactmistlcs to he mastered by n progrl!l.1ivo
proOMSing of nnn,re, os II tn.i11cJ11I ls mined and proc,e.,_�
to -ucWcvti" 1 metnl condition. The wlsdom of web .&oek­
lng bas to be proven by what humanity will mnko of lt­
..,u.
We arc movlng fro111 tl1c •1n oaturo of matorlnlit to tho
"In rwhw of mnn." The organic movement, bom a, 1111
orgruuo reuc-tlcm to ll,e ovcr-p1"1tllt S('J'l111'Btion 0£ npteS­
slon from tho a.rtlsan ikJll closely internotlng with mo•
terials, bas bad the merit of reinlllotlog tho fundamental
importunce of I.et-ping man 1mchored t-o nnturc. 'I'hls is
wry ha.� in limes when oothlng gives, as yet, nssunme?e
tluit tcclu1ology l,i here to stay ns O.IJ ecologirol and oosmlc
phenomonon. A phenomenon pc-•llllnting for mAn a
•memphy,lcol" oond.UJoo of b1u,nouy. Yet tht, m11st he •
bwe:Jng or the Intellectual dogma. From dogma to blgoby
tha stop ti brief o.nd It takes only followen1 lo mul<e it
11navotdnble.
t.lA'M'ER AND t.!ATElUALISM
We ere headed for l\1l exl,trnce wbermn matcriolity,
short of being esthet.icolly truns&gurcd. w!II physically
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cause _pernicious anemia on the sp:irltw1l boc.ly, n progres­
sivo ntrophy of lts sensitivity, a pervnslve dulling .,r Its IJf<!•
.Al.I this possibly within a pol!shed and op,tlcnl C!lvllizo.•
tion.
Nature, diviniLy and conscience, our fothcn1, hnvo told
us I.bat we live poorly and that elfeot and OClll"" b1 one,
our environment, is chaotic or downright squalid, Now
ted,nology, our enfant terrible, is snrcW1ticwly watdung
I.be destruction of whatever little w e had of order and
eohe,en.oo b y the frantic use wo moko of brr cxpt'nslvo
prodJgnJiLy. If nll wo can do is to ITI11Wom1 mnten•lity
b1to mnterlolism, the lonl(•SOUl(ht blessing of quAsl-total
l,•tB,1ro msy w, II ho n sbw:p turu for tho woNo In Liu, lt!s­
tory of m,m.
Eulrlronmlltlt sp<!Oks to us l111011gh our ,cns1.11, but If It
oddrcsscs Its voice only to them, Uie buffered noises reach­
Ing nnr iplrlts will not bo sufficient lo ~1n1n our efi'orbl
£or bctturmcnt. A rL-gresslve humanity 111 o very real poss!·
blUly nnd uo gods would be too rn11oh bot.licr<=d by It.
The only dlvlnily wo can nnd ,nusl lrusl is lhe ono we =y
be obit> to construcl wfth!n ourliClvc,, ond this I$ nQt
possible wltllin a •4mt.lld cnvlrunment.
\.Vbctl1c:1 we org11olc:1Uy 5et our�t>lva, and c:mr clU� rrr
villnges wilhln nnlurc, or wbclhcr we con�Jve • rrlAln­
m�cle Sl'COOd noturo, boldly confronting onture llseU wllh
e 1>crbaps too prem11turP wish of u humnnlzed universe, we
must d(I so n.• mctnphysfoal bcln� nnd oot ns cunning
humans dlvldcd between l1o purau!t o! 0001Cort 1llld tho
smugness of the •roolproo£." Wo must exist and grow a1
Jlnalitics, 11,;,t ru1 ln�tn,m�nt.,. Not even n., the lnatn,ment,
of hJgWy Improbable gods.

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A1 the reticulum of roadways 011d fi,:ld, utmul,

to the lwrb:011 counte.rpointed by rctlletttc11U TRAN SARCOLOGY ( In Flight Above
mid tJIUag�. it comes clear 1"'10 ot ,p«:lfi,:
points the nodule of t1ie /h;lqg phenomCMn Central Europe)
will surge, rls6 and quiver 111to 1l10 ff(>llctl>
ti011 of th8 tTanshuman,
The skin of the earth I.T coclr�ng In o
continuum of life temt=ly unlfird bl} the
photosynthetic pro=, Jloommg 1111 and In "
are the Intensified qwmto of tJ,� onltMl u,o,ld.
het-e and there herded togetT111r Ill ,oclal p1,a,.
la11sterin,
Tfil!n 1h,·rr. or,: tfu, human wttlrmn,ft lnll<U
of itnno and ,oul, ono bound to th8 goology
of 11111 earlh, llltt 01l1n- ,uzpc:,wfuffy and ftar­
fuTly lcuulng Ill mooring• In ,horl, eosntful/u,..
e1:.a11lf11l flight,- Th, moorfng1 are fn a conmml
.ta111 of mi-tamorphom, and agg,egiitlnn II
•lowly ,upp�,d btJ Ol'l{anlwfl,on.
Tl11r arcology, tightly lcnltl"'1 ofter th, di.­ , i.,..g,. Wt'l'O notes OC'C!l•loned by tho ,1mt to Rw,gnry-
aoTunceo of tl,e pon-teahrwloglcol d1'1nteg,o­ • statement or fnilh, nol 11 stJllfflDenl about contextual
Uo11,, will roccrn tUghlly al I h, ,:,enl,r to /IC" 8,,diogs. o.s it Is well lmllgiuable; 11 f4llh which come,
«pt t:1ivl,onment,, o, Cl p,_1tnlffon of a �.,,. naturally when one Ii surveying on • contiueotal scala Ilic
lenolng of t/u, ot1L:horogu Into ,,,. 11'111�lanr• mRgniOoent work or mnn, the ngrlculhwt wi111rd. There,
tary Joumcy after tlitt MCMIIJry b,o.u,c,hnlcol Wkkr one•, own eye,, is !ho IIUIJl•mnde ecology strot.ching
lnrlt'IIH<>m will ha(,- mad4I man, gr,n,uy and W1.U1le1TUpted llJld oosmlo In cs:temion1 a lhiug tliQt In Its
atmo.,phml unbound. poignancy IJ oot only 11 reality ,u!talnlng miln, but It ls
W11llir 1h11 mrtam11rphomlng of the 111,man ako a premonition of a tn1nsl1um:u1 future.
mtlcmcnt pro«ctu, (hi "brcatlrlng,• tht, ,.. Ou 11.., coutnuy, llu: down-to-cnttli Hung,irlnn expcrl­
loan ot tho crntat 10 form inMI' lonMcapei, enc:c, ,uperi!dal by clrcwmtanccs, wu split. Oo tho one
g/16$ on a, th, locb of th, o,.._y roolutlml­ bond, the spirited drive of the [ll'C'PII!, and on the othl"f,
a,y path map behind each t�iold. Th,,,. tho quasl-ohscss!vo dullLig, demanded ond aurlcd on by
u thUf a11 o#'"""tinft of (IOlltrodwn and ,.. Lomo cco1111micus. Homo ecouo,ulcus ii quite inconlesbiLly
11'0# 0# partial ttoenu fn tlie lntffl&ifymg 11JO­ 11 rtructunu part of llomo snpJcns; thnt part which a.�
tf1>n by ll,11 magnet., of IJf• Into the bulldlng sumcs the ?e!<pOnJlbilily for Ihe logi5tfos o( supply and of
block, of ltla o,cent fnto ,plrlt. produ<-tfon=nsumplicm-d!strlbutlan. Bttl ha I! tu1 oiler ego
Trrm,a,oology II a mlildfu]. •organlnn• bQund nt l11<.> 1<·rvico of his ml\Slcr oi ho Is M ln•probabk guru
lo llllrth fa, tlui fl0rth'1 �Ml aoundlrigt al tM !or !ho ldoLltzy of greed.
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Jt Is not tOQ strange thus that u, .. ,ouglit-oftl'T JtaDcbnl
of living, so often and in the most di.panite CXJUDt.ries be­
comes the standard -0f not dying or dy.u.g spiriluaDy.
The tragedy is poSSibly mos� t.cuto for those people
that find themselves operating the ,ntoclianbm, al ffllllOllllo
and 1lOci:;J power, as J t i s for them tht tha dJlmnma of
physical-erooomic lmprovmnent Vlffld c:lvilliatio11 rcsults
so often in eovironmental, social aDd cultural sumght,
One is compelled to ask why ii It th�t a war with an
outer enemy can tap the most formJw,hl,. n,soarocs mid
hri!Jll: in -,,Its. and e _,. with the M>!lm)" within, met.lio­
a-..m. maletl..Ji.im, tramliml'l9 t.bu 1,attlcground ID1o llll
ecoDOIDfc ngol'
D1E.RCENCY A:-.'D DfEIICeNGF.
Because !or one, thing, the aim• ore not u cl=r-o.it.
thus Uie aims are not uodcntood. '&cause tl1'\ 11!ms, ooce
1md111stood, would Crighton lhc timid Dnd tbo !alnt ol
lic:ut. Because th6 quivering of c�cm«I cannot ule
bold unlcs, cmr.rgency, the C'ridau tf'.mpc,nih1rc hy which
emergcnco comes Into bclng lo vhify history, b clearly
declffld aod tho comcquwco pW1U•'G willfully.
Emr:rgency II• ooadillou sine qua non fot eon«,;enco.
Naturally, it dom not foDow that the respome to ano­
gency will make a todety p1inffi1rl" the preM':nt and lAtmdl
tht> best of itse.lf out 1ntu the tmpro�ble but mdlspemable
ruality or the irplrlt.
The emergency of snrvf,,.J (nnUon Joclety) II only a
p,oto-roltural-pn,to-c!vk crnergMcy. It h al the c:od anJ
notwithstanding the l,ouon und b=tbiub, only u
L-rr,,..tgency of "maln1cnmee•: To mnintain, for IOJ1ana,,
the dignity and respo.,t uf n pN>ple. The wretchrdtv-<, ri a
posl•war c:ondlllon tell, ckarly of tl,i: low rung from
which one, 1w to beJt{n once moro for the -�
And there at the critical mnment wr, (kfoult. Em(,,-gcuce
!IOOn bacorne.s roelnly 11D eoouomlc matter, as If tho doAd,
th& malmod. muld be atonoii {or by the aJlluence of the
lhin�
Such • bargaiD b crude. The price to be paid runs u
bnaclrlsll Wl>ter In "'"">' aack and cranny of the $0clal
and en\irOnml!Dtal Jtructure. Civillzndoo lingen on past
£ulh,,;,,s,r. The JoY ol JJ!c, the lust o! llfo loosd itself In tho
obnlty of the mind.
1'1y vc-zy gonma! ond possibly unjUJt critidsm of todD.y't
pwmlng Is d1QI WC lie lhortdiangiog OW'$clve, OZIOO
tDorll by ,..!ting 0\IJ' DlmJ far below the longings of the
Ip«!&
If th.ls Is ,o, we stand IICCUIOd of treason by dd'n:ult, the
crfme being the most gcncnl and crucial of all: the IJlls.
Cllfflllge of life In °"" of tho cul-de-J:1cs blstory Is bur­
dened with.
By �g rin� of "ho11ting" Around th.- city corf', and
by malcing thOS6 plaoes c,oonomlai lJy man, dl!$inable, ,ve
ret tho splml of al!loeaoe In motlon. ,ve pn,-anpl th&
i-rt of tb11 city whlcb, though Incapable of competing
In le\'loe$ (physical) aod -o:muuod!I;�• witb the n<!W
boorlng bu or bad a pow..-rfuDy cultuied �- Tbo
rr-n,pling Is In fnWI' of a "'bettm way of llv!ug.M wb.lcb
is spirlhally and culturally Jmolvent aud which \\ill be
rapidly moviug by re.uon of expont'lltial decay (coafo•
lion, tnfllc, mngflllion, dlsrupUon, isolattou) lnlD pb)'fiaal
banlcnrptry.
\\'e th\1$ �llze the core wbJ1o •materializing"
the Pfflpbmy, a pl'OeleCI which la, ontologkelly speaking,
the nact opposite of JJ!.,', mug�lo tO\\vd etberea�­
tm
DEATII BY AFFLUENCE
If - cannot NIYCDO tho plOOeSII. we will eogulf tbe
IOdaty ,<·e txy hard tu help, Into not metaphorical ring!
of Jna,,a.sin g ,:natcrlallm,, furthtt ond further awny &om
thoR painfully bulh IDA�l4 one can still llnd In the

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SpfrO II Mtrtk'r ll«omlng Splrll s,

Uow mamJ of us make 11.J,,rt ICl!:I -• tdoai
we put in our hom!UI, w1WI wo llOJ, � 1u:d tDI
watch, wl,ai we listen to ... cdlllt '°9 INM?P
For most of 11$, and for ,nOIII of our -doing.•
It 1$ tha ace8&t to option, ortd manlpulaffM
that count,, Mt the accett ro production or
creation, No amount of ency, u,W,fvl-, hy­
pocrisy, l/011 change that.
heth!r-lcq,t t'!tfes. It ""-ould JN!IJI impcnlh-e Uiat whine the
i.mtituU0111 of civility and cultw.c are, there Ahould be
dC\elopod •d�witc housiDg ,o as to intensify the urb:m
millcu and Ila c:ultUJ'al &uits, imte.id of l.illlng It by a
w:ubo11t, Physical desirability mutt be l'nllde to CQincldo
...
-Uh 110CULI a,nd cultural ckslrability bec:nuse that Is the
onfy way wa cu ha,"' a future for our COIIIIDUDltfes.
In fuct. econOllllc d�simbillty oomt'S as a d.1$tant thlrd.
ias it conbe only 11D lluttumcnt for the evolving o f the olh�
two. Nor ean we dtlude ounelvee Into bdng able to
1J1ultlply by -reproductlon" the most d!Scult oE all CQll•
t.catsr the urban cn,iromoeat.
This a111 happen only slowly and be o£ the timdl oo1y
within an aroologlcal structuTo where tho camplcte int&­
gra.tioo and io.lcgrity o! tho commWllly Is sustaimd by a
no 1- In� and lntegJ'al CODtmt. Nor can any do­
p-eo of elN:tronlc ,opbimontloo by ltRlf be a subltftute for
M intcruiely alive urlmn c:orc. 'fhmt Is a dllfttcmce of 11:1•
hue betwNn the two and In a confrontation (stmle nnJ
�) tho elec:bonlc city COIJ11'!S (gr, far behind u
• palo and brittlo RCood best.
Tho doubll.' problem of material!zatiDn or till.' human en­
\iionmmt and tho Umitntion to a pteao11S few centeri of
lwly vibrant dtysaipe, that ODO QUI optimistically Mllcl•
pato la a dark and fOJebodlng vision of tb.inp to come. lt
IOIIMlbow s ecs tho most degrading or tho Am.eiaao ·IIW'II•
cle," tho gOG) ao.d tho itato o f opulcncJo a, lba alirDge and
driving force b the kn wealthy or "developed" countries.
I, £or on", wub tho<e eounlrlet 1ieu.. , luck and loftier
goals (or tho alee of all manldlld.

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Sptrll II MatlM &tomlng Sf'lrll Ilg

We have made the barl-w., mltJaq, of
Identifying proc6S8 with becomlt1£. Tha cc,tfu-
8/on i8 killing us and ciolluatlon. Tl.. p,o.
duction-consumpttcn camlolll 1111.f put ptr>CC#
on the altar, Process, not be,·omlng. 11 tllfl
btmness of bu#,,ess and the bUll,uu, of o<»­
logical ckbacle, Becoming. on tl,e othrr /,and,
ill incapable of demuction, lna.11w,,·h as hooo­
ing is the antilhesls af ufHJecvming. Tl111 upu,­
lent 8fJCiety u wi,.becoming.
Thi, abort piper does not contain CV(!!) tho beginning of
an ans,.ver, but It $Uggests a dire<.>tion. It ii the direction of
lmpk>.lon u against U... dlrection o[ l!llp.looon.
Tho cboiccs arc really two:
1. TIii? Frugal: The lnstrumentnllty for the llt'l'Vlces of »­
cl�y are Imploded and consequently the menml and
,pbihWI c,ptloos •tttplodJ" and man steps up Olle more
lllgbt toward the ,plrit.
,. The Opulent: Tbo lnstrumentnllty few the St.-rvices of
aocicty ezplodo (United Stat1'1) and comequently the
mentnl II.lid spiritual options \\.itbet and man step,
down towllld mnt.ter (mAt..,riallmi).

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A CANADIAN ALTERNAffi'E?

Let us 00nlid!lf two aspects of tho Cwwltan context1

TIJE SEED
Tha L-.g«al, 1h• animal, IM l1urM11 ond t1wi
M>CltJl 1ttd. orig,110ta o cyc"1 of g1i1hmng and
orga111%lng matt,:,- In a p,ogtealctly comp/a
and �"" organum.
THE LIVI.VG
The llolng II Ihm a c;,o.opotalillll prtlCCtSI ""' 11
dl.rinttgnitiOlt o,,. (doath). lt II an lmplo.rfue
procar, not 1111 i,zplosica on,,, II II o mltuatur-
1::rulon p� fat>orit,g the -, mot8 """P"'%
lnteroctlon, making t"- l,t,c0mill/(.
TII ER.£1-'0RE
1. 11111111; g/t;ffl .y.tcm, tli• lilll'I� quantum 11
oho Iha most compln.
.a. ln Off!/ gu,,,n 1ylltm1, tha mn:rt "1"'plo,c
quantum u also uu, 1110,t minllaturl.rcd.
1. The agricultural productivity and lh!! flllllW'rs' uolAtlan.
a. The urban structure with tho u:blloiz.od $0Clely �t
liYOII In It.
Let us ,;�� them i.o a light whlcb Is not QQQUJIOn, !nit
whlcb I llnd mom than Just planslblo and In £act J'C\'eA!iug.
1. ,',grleultura
<'.anodi II ooe of tho most rnu<i--e IISfCU>bly-line pro­
duo,,n ol cer.,.J (wheat). A .-,Jlat kind of assembly
Jlne, f'IICMed, but lndl,putably ooe.
The eelec:ted JeOds (U$eatbly-line produced) arc
10wwd In lbldly -.trolled ways iltld pattaned at tho
beginning oE a prod.ud:loD cyole, wdl ,tnictu.n,d an d
leboduled.
hi agrlcultunt, the aaembly-line atteo.cla.ot is not tho
fannar. The {lrnllJP IJ tho supm,i,or. Tho ott�ts are
tho genetic Nldea of the plants cultinted and the c:U­
mate, having • workbench the IOII. ond !CII' mat� the
111lnerala, 10w ene,rgy and water. � inner trust of tho
1-1 fl tho !om, that reecbae out and <:aptwcs 1.1,eui,

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Spltll II 'Mallo, ll11"'1m/ng S/>lrlt g:i

org;mizlng (imploding) the capbv"8 n0t'01-dlug to the
genetic pattern hidden within,
One sees a perul.iar thing in tb:Js kind of n,sMtbly Uno,
the product ls a more etberealized s11uf t.han th" Attendant
climate and the materials going into lls pioouotlon, '11111
biological is fonned out of the mlnorol world and pbyrl011l
energy: from matter to life, TbJ5 Lt at least porl:lally the
illverse of the technological assembly lino where human
"stuH,u the attendants, are "consllllling" thcmselVlll In tho
production of a hardware; that is to soy, ltotn cthercallzll­
tion to m11to,i111l;wtiou. Tho followlng dlngrum shows tbe
parnllel:
F11Nh/np; lntl,mrflll
lismnblv LINII Arscmb� Lina
F.iw FOODSTUFF lfARO\VA 1-
�rcdla SOIL, ENERGY 11AW MATElUAJ..S,
ENERGY
Attendant SEED'S CODE, LABORER (MAN)
CLlMA'fli:
SU/J<J""4t>r FARMEJl BCAPTAlN
J'ttXJCII FROlf �(A'ITER �OM LIFE TO
TO LIFE MATIER
On one sldo o (ow bngs of 600da produce truckloads of
!o<Jdstu.ffi,, On the other, tolling people, the laborers, pro­
duce truckloads of b(ll'dwt®.
Though lhc p11rallcl Lt unfair bocausc Incomplete (the
hnrdW1U:e Is auppo.,edly 11u illstrumool for cthemilmtioo),
It Jl0lnt1 ont the neoe.ssity of not only making lhe bard­
wnro well hut mnklng lt only If csscntinlly good, outolog•
Joally spcllking. Thu.,, JI tho hnrdwnrea become ends In
thlllDSr.lvtlS, the vectorinllty of the [U'CoeH of matt.er•splrit
would be eootradl.oted. In th.I$ Ught, IIUlllufacturlng good,
might IJtemlly resolve itselE lnt'C mMufllCtu.ring evil,, In
ngrloultu.ro-thls elherea.twug assembly llw>-evil can only
he mnrginnl, if at all coo.oclvablo (tobacoo, opium .• ,).
Whnt or I.he 1mpervtsor of the MSl'mhly line, the famlOr
Wm.self 8.lld his CamllyP Is the envl.ronmento.l condition in
which ho ls a condition fuvor11blo to cthorcnllzalionP 1
think not,
Tho fllrtl'I environment, oven Jn u l0$s fotbiddlng cllmnte,
I.I not a cmlturw oovlronmcnt; that Is to s1ty, It Is an cm­
W"Ctllllent deprived of those Qi!pCCl:.1 thnt are spcciBoally
.bumon lnventiont-tbo sooial ond oultuml lnt�ooursos and
the rldU1111111 of choJCCll, opliolU and lelU'lllDg they alfo.rd to
the }Wtlolpont. Nor con the "eleouooJo city" by Itself £ur­
nl&b but pulo subslitulOS kn the oorporalJty of euvlronme'll•
tal leamlng Rnd experiencing the (good) city oHlllS. Tlio
extstentlnl Jone!Jnoss o! Ufe ls almost fatally lngrolncd Into
edstenco o f the tenuous !onning comn1unJty and the cli­
mate Is not or any help.
a. TIie Cit!!
There are three lclnd� cf forces thnt can mn,ke mnn he·
huvo nlap0otfu11y toww Ws envlronmcoti 1) oootcloo: :i)
aol.f-fnteresl; 3) reverence for life. Each of the.,e ho.a Ill
oWD !mpetaUve.
For most of us the coorolvo wny np�Al'I Ull(l,:slrablc
and even unreallstfo. For mo.n cf us, tho reverontlol wny
appears utopian and evt!JI sterile. It 1s, In fact, the only
reallstfo way; the only truly ethereallzlng way. Tho eoo­
logl081 dchaclo we are In should tcU us so.
COERCION Physicll.lly, coeroion cllD produto good re­
,ulta, But thoso are skin deep and tu'e at the c,rpon:ro o f
man'• 110uL Naturnlly, COCIJ'clon h<l s cndloss camoufLigw to
work wlth-eoonorolo lnceotlvo being but one, nnd not by
any mOjlDS only or always tho case, lo coercion tho Im·
peratlvo Is not from the inner but from the outer ond Ule
resultll are in fl.lOOtlon of posslblt! p,m1sbment. It i s thezt,..
£ore the l'llll5tl!t' lmpemt!ve,
SELP-lNTEBEST Solf-lnterest overlaps wllh COO(()l110
In the area where self-Interest me11111 rurvlval, But It goes
fill' beyond 111rVJval ill at least two 11.9pecta. The driving
forco Is lotcmal oot e11temal, The extent of Its eftlcnoy Is In
function with the pcrsou·s Jwowlcdgo and um,cestry,• tn

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awdtlg one responsible for onfls owu nets by tho .clf-oco­

l't:rf(>f111(Jnco 1$ lo creation whal nr11rtu� i, IO
f,,rm. tV1um ona pcrform11, one p,oJuou, Wl,tn
on., «cut,u, 011<1 baoomu.
taredwm of tho ego, ,eli-illtffllSl extC1lWI its action up lo
the phydcal boundarlea of one'• ponesslon,. Only a
"'lnwdmlnded" ego C!IID oonne,ct W, own weD-bclug "';ll.t
lhat of othan and cxrusequl!Illly extend bls respect lor tho
Cll\'lnmment heynnd the cme In eiclus!ve (!Ol)lrOJ of hi�
will Bui DO 1.0AUct bow fioo might be tho tuning o£ tho
ego, if hit aim Is and remallu mot1v11t.od by an Inner Im­
pulse thAt - In the OUl<'T world ooly ,mnethfr,g to con-
1.rol !tut uot to pwuke io, tho tt'SpOCt for the cmvfrorun£!11l
will be economic good ,eose but not rnuch more. Th11 im­
perative u, "De your own master and make 1h11 anv!tun­
lllOOt tho\Y it.•
REVERENCE FOlt W'E R,,vert-nce for llfa is o far
more 00Wplcs Jncenlfvo toword • t"Oberence or one'• self
with tho outer ae]f, It ill lho ooly lnt'l:ntlvo thnl cen pre""nt
uno f,om falling prey to greed or gluttony and at tbi, sa.uie
lilllo &how u a result t� rc,t1J, &ne tuning ol tho llfe of
mrw to tho exi,tiog unfw,ne, h Is• teleological fmpc,n1tivo
fuUy adequate for tho jouruey into crCiltlon-etherealim·
tbl.
Tho person acting lo 11tl!•lotcrest will not lot tl,ings �go
to pot,• Inasmuch a.� he ideot.lBes with thf'III i n terms of
-y DDd 1tatus. Ho cares nb<lul tho nwlcc,t value a£
his boldings. li thl.t achieve, tho goo! of a good 1ruw1to­
DIOOO, It abo entail, aD the limitation and groancss of tho
tenltotllll Imperative. 1t II exclusive tnstO!ld of bolng In•
clusive; it keept out tho woolc Instead of being of it. Al •
general .-ditfoo It 11eg11tea tho � of tho whole
(dormitol')' soburbla), It la I.bus atomlillo, gnandulo.r, i.n­
,olar, it ls oxpodioot. It Is io fact 11on-oongrumit with wbnt
lmn;Nndi lt. Fwtbermon,, "J.fy ho111e Ill my east!�; b a
funollon1I ryltllm when In use: it ii a bunleo when II JJ
only contnctuaJ or legal but not functional (not mndo iuo
of).
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relationship, but an organic, cxist'(!nli;il 0110 and tho order
it fosters is the ordec of the whole lnnsmurh 111 knO\tledgo
permits it. It IS an effective interMt·t!on and a willful co­
operation. It ovedlows boundari,es of spaoc 11Jld time: It ii
evolutionary,
'The city must count on and permeate l�lf with lhll
third kind of environmental respect In which the coooept
of ownership itself ls etherealized and beoom(ljl the owners
ship of the mind: we own what we know and what we
know is inseparable from the self. For the i,ity lO bo m m,,
th:m just o. clever M1clave for o.etlo1l ii 1w to be a lovable
en'Vironlnent, eapablo of Inspiring revenmc:,o,
One or I.ht occcessary lngredicntr gcm:rallng Ibo -·
entiol re'41:ionship Is tho convfctlon on the part of I.he cit•
lzenry that there It lllOTtl to life than the eoonomlo ,oJ.
,wcy of aoclcty, Htl'lrw ffilnomlclu It jutt:lllad by HOtJIO
,oplen, aud 1101 vlc:o vena. In olhec wordJ, tho urban ml·
llcu mu.,t become an lnlcosly cultuml milieu because, that
ls wbci-o tho ocotlOID.io moao, llnd their OWD Justi601tloo
nJ>d m.,n llndl'fulllllment On e c:,,m reverse tho lk)g;ui, •CnJ.
tivate your lcaming so 01 to bo suooessful." and ay, "YO\ll
'lllloces,( will le:id }'OU Into loam.in� or will lead you into
oolhlng Al n1I.. By "lerumng" ls me«nl here tho 5elllltiza­
tlon or one'• coll9CIOusne$$ and the aooess to the C!tellliw
unlv.;.rse, the universe of Hi,mQ ,apwn•.
U "'-e try to bridge _, the two fTIIJD0\\'01b-tbe ono
of tho WIiier 1111d tho oou of the city dwotlll1", both -1ng
l'Nln transcending mattet-nnd try to oomo down to earth
In aoan:b of tho right ln.'11:rument, on an earth wboiie cll­
m�to is fol'blddiug for months on cud, wo laud tealfatl.
cally end pragmatlcolly in Lbo acoologft.lal mlllou. Tb«e,
the Ciruuillln farmtt, tbo ethe.realbe? of stone. OIU'tb aod
llght, and tho Canadian urbanite, revcreoUelly aWlU'CI of
whiit contn.lns and 6Wltn.in1 him, Jlnd tho tnstrumeot and
tho devloes for the d�elopmen.t of their IIVC9,
U lhi• mlllm_, l s ru.lssing the farmer will - bis life
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litunted by IJOlation, cultural dtprivutlon and hibernation.
The city d'Wt'IJe.r will go on not realizing that what he is
missing la almost all of what bu 11nco11sdously aeelt<: a
fdcindly, blossoming urban hfo, not COl!l'OOd into Cringe
perfonn•nc:e by an oblolele la)'l111t, tho alavtll)' or ba d
logJstlca, th P ,quux or laf#G fnlr6, tlio economic lmpera­
livo, aod Lbo inclemency of t,he cllo11.tol.
This mJ.IJeu Is the arcologlcal cityscape. pullod together,
self-<:0ntafnad, aoclimntized, Alive \\'Ith people going
•bout tho "businod' of liviog. fonmiug. ptoduciog. wot•
&bipplng, m,,atlog. perfonnJ.ng, thrn11gh1111t the )'C'IJ' on the
edge of the endless !And upon which tho seasons play their
aw11101De and onoo inhnmao cycle.
Tiio AIDerlcan oootw1:11t ii ..,'«Y much I n the hand$ of a
IOdety tlult bu made self-lntenict fnt() n fetish. Tho holy
ground c.ooot be, qUeltl()ll� without lnt'U11111g tho anuth­
ema of oapftallsm and /al$s;� foQ. Thlngg an,, bad enough
DOW b:l 1how tho myopln and the utopju of the Amerlcao
pragmatism. It ii the pragmotlsln of prnctiw.lity not the
pragmatum of rea!Jty. A!J the stale of alfain l� so poor If
not ,o bad. it would be aD the more Important and reg,m­
erative if halt of lhc continent, the Canadi110 ball, would
loami Ill prido for tho practical and would move away
from tho •Amfflcan Dremn,• townrd a reverential and real
relationship with the outh. The Aml'Ziean way b ovrr­
powC!ring lllld $p0llbindlog. It can be dealt with only I f a
far mon, poworfu.l ideo.l susta1na the soul of the people
making up tho Cano,diao soc:lety.
Upon aurveylng the altematlvcs, which cannot raally be
found In pol.ideal roanfpnl.atlon, even th MO of th11 highest
md"', It _, that the true A\'ODUe is the Tt'Vereotlal one,
always pertonA) aod oolh.>CUVI! In ono. Nor Is thls tho ave­
nue o£ ilie moek and the ploua but tho dlJllcrult and rig•
Ol'OI.II JOed of true eompwton. By It, th.- cb�llengo of nA·
lure, of technology, of a eomplm: and tr0t1bled toMf!I}',
can and lo time wtut ho 1'11Sp0ndl'd to, aod I.he response,
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Greed, bigotry, fear a11d tli.· myrlldarn of tlw tionary thrUlt caDDOt but be toward ethereali2ation. ._...,
machine are t1ie great pollurm.i,. Crcad Mmt:ti­ from malerlalilun. Etheffltli7.adon h to be l\JPPo' ted by
fie.g /warding of ·�oO<h,• B,�ot,y llandifi,ra Iha the best lnstrumentaJJtles we can afford. 1.mtruments Cllll
hatred for others' beliefs a,,d rJ,fiaa Iha (Pffl­ only be eH,,ctJH:ly ruund lo the, urban llOtllcsL The ,tam ol
tngo11al) war machines. Iha "urban art• must then be lirtoo from the <klsolate
Fear reconfirms the Twlfne." nf hnotdlng and Lmtt.-po or gi«d Into the human difflf'n.•ion of' i:•-
tl,11 "prept)redr.ess" for dealh. The my.,tkial • ·runet1owng.• "dcllY11ring." "pc:rfonnir•�· living grace.
of Che machine ls t/1') awe U>worJ tlw wrary A lllOl5t cWlicult llnd mo.-1 e•bilR.l'llU11g tJ&sk.
of production for the sake o/ filling the oacuum,
of fear and. boredom rorroundlnl!, lorwtly man.
Th;, /Mr of no11t;l1r l!t m.,J, of tOUntlm (Ot:U.
ll cwkl 1Dt II be that Ilic gu<1/ l�am Ilic red
mar, �t"d to WNfc,n ma11 q·,u hJ, obiJ.
lly lo f,i« nm,ght: lhe #rrngt/1 Ii. found In
hl1Mtlf to uaiept tlu, blcuk w11�luu:a of llula­
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S�flTL\TION AND BECO?-.IING

Tho future AUd 11s p,ooktJ&bility arc ll great t:on<'C'm of

S1111/sf/�all lJ i. fata11y. rrgard1- of ttl10t /et:f:l
111 ,tatlnlclan hcu N:rWJw-tht1 i;roollatkmal
lcw:l or 11111 t.lrdlamt lec,,l.
lndloldlJllUy 11 tclfl fuJly (de,tin�d), The �
tined /indl mall&r lq pcrid..T, UAC, ond Nll4fn
lt�f within tlur folal OI ti..: fim doa In tho
fluid -. Tl,. jWi frndl lif t/! In 1h11 IDtll•r; tho
waur fruu1on 1n ,,.. /WI.
l\'o rtatln/rioll, si,cn ti� moJt om�. could
hoi,a nctropolattd man and of/ 1/141 oth# 6f>Oda
from 0.- pn,orgunlc world /or llwi ample reo•
� ,,-.at 1114 l'IOlutd of tl1<1 ftallnical I# fom&n
lo th11 IIOllltd of Iha creaJftJ«.
m:m. For a ddennlnlttic univ.-ne thl! prc:dktability of
1b,, future It• funcllan of lmowledg-, \Ve ha\1' btto .oble
to predict COlo'IDO� p,itt.,m, for thousands o! y•rs.
\Vbat can we do wbeo prediction is for D011-ck�nniniitlo
phenomenology? \\'bJch Is � more prNlict:tb�: a moon
trip by u robot or • dny iu the life of n mnn? tinhnsitoJ­
fngly, the trip to the rnoon. K�ng ln mind tlu,t ddl­
dendt,s in lhe l)'Stem 11111 «>nsequell()(IS or unrr�h:tnblo
man', behavior or ignorance, we c-1111 see th.it the cawoe­
elfN:t ""llll!DQ! on the moon trip Is 11ll then, for the t31..ing.
The bip t, IIUlde Ix.fore the trip Is couJWJJ<.J. \Ve i;all 1t
•11muut1on.• Tho dllfef'Cll>CO between allromll\lcal time
nnd dun.lion might be I.Le key to the degree of u,cfulness
ci l.lmul:.Uon. For an �·ent In ,,h!ch �loymcmt i s only
di,pe,,rlcnl on atpecll of frequency and Guile rueasnr<>­
ml.'lll, prec!Jction b le:isiblo (wbcnt'\er lb,: lwowkJge of
dlglts ill there ). In this case, time b ouly rcbU\cly a fu­
ture mu:rr. fpdm-d, it could be tli:it pout, pr09Cllt ;,nd fu.

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The nau,ro of tho l,lnloglcal II tha t,n,..
�ccn,lc11C11 nf 1l1t1 ef]t<1 fur rncl, glt(lfl cau.w.
111 tl,t� mc11ra,•r 11..
, future i, rcdlly 1Jt11t which
I� ultc r/y lnCOtr«Jt-c,l,/,i bocaUMJ uthtrly non.­
cl tent.
Tt<rlmol"gy II a "dltfolnted" pMll(llll('oon that
rtnglg mind, or muid.s 1"n'™<d togmlwr go nn
duwlcplng 111 1,a/atiun or lndJflc� tOUl<U'd
tho "rt14-t," or �,,�,, 111 a •wo will ,how 11wtm•
/rmno of ml11d, flow 11111l!l1 tlidr btllng ln­
llru11u:,iJ-mmded make• tht·m cnatrumm , t•
brand«! ., of much con«rn.
lure nre ouh· In, cuUun.s 1,r Ufc 11nd ncm<l'fi�i�I for the
mln,,n,l world. Tl.., 1mlio�ciivr dl!CA)' Is llil "pluw,cd in un
C'Vlll'·prcsenl patt..m n11•a•nrfd by A l>e,tt we Nin 'lime."'
Time beciomt'$ " fulurc 1111lkcr wlwo it becomes dnr>­
tlonal. that Is to 111>", whcu It Ill a biophy•h.,,,I c,·et1l. For
an c,vent in which dtploymoot is d"JlC"riMlt on biophysiwl
scqucnt'CII (clu.rnti<in), prediction l><"COJJUJS A gu=ine;
g.un,e btta!J$1! fl tt:illy cleals with the Invention nncl oot
tl,c diSC)()\'W)' of th" luture. Dt,t,.nnini.ftfl l� h<>pelit«lr out­
lllllDCU\'ered br U,c: wtc:rpt'clllcl, prol,41.,!Jity, by tlio Im•
pmbal:,le. And thl, Is 1,..c,11t�,e tht! durational limo I•
emintmtly-lnvc-ntivl'lf 11nd c:reati""ly-3 fntme milker. It
Is the h(,,(.'Onl!ng into the nttug!,t of n rlllll nnd tnco1n­
mcns1111tble future.
One cnn - nt !l gt-ntoral n1ll' 1hr11 In itny feasibility
,tudy tho uscfuluc,ss of simulation d,'Cffll�� iu dlroct
proporlioll to tl,c lncrc:,ulng Importance of Juratlun. nt
tLo upc-n'«' of tilllt' (your future t,..,tween now and
tolJIOtfow anJ o. moon shot),
Simulation, th11 !n,tn1mmt for prcdktfon, I• n spJ.,nclid
pn'ICe<lu:re, l mm.-n.\t'I) u...£nl in th" unlV<"l'lic of Jeien<-c>­
tcdmology. Simul.1ti.on is u poor proc,c:cluro in t.l,c nnUcl­
fl'Jtlon of bccomiug, It can become! a de.idly weapon,
butc:hcirfng the sofl\vttre or r�lily we coll ·11r.,• ""<'Tl
nppUed to the prediction 61 hum:,.u C\f<'lltll, nu, fl'lUOn �
simple. The caURH:£1c-.:l rule is not that "Joi,'llUltlc" In
tLe t1nlven� of mind and einollon, soofnl,t, nnd culture,
work Dnd leL"UrO, lrornlng nnd a,,atlng . , •. the univcrio
of llllln,
lt Is not that ttlcwnt fnr n more fund.,menti,I rellllon
th.m th.11 or lhc probk--m being too complr:t for pro­
gnunmlug, l>ot pol!SiMy be�-au,,• the reality of lffo It vlt.ru­
Jlltlowil and ultr11•.loglcol u Jt l.t e,idcnt.ly ul.tra•JWit nnd
ultra-wtrumcntnl.
The yes-M or th,, comp11tr:-( Is tit,.,,, oot ntettly o.s
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,v., nM IJ llf'lf-gourmlng, rw11�ttmlttlcal ,nflltt).
u11it>I"•'"• fod by t1lld oppressed by tlw lflllWl­
otan of 1/11, l:011110,, "wlwn1" /.s not a pMson,
nr1t a mind, n,,I an 01/1/o, but ,tmply a #Pffll­
tucu," n pr6$CIICr drift/rig In II� [J(Jrl/cu,, a,t
/11 11• aggl'()ga/.11111, Ill tlio dlrtct/011 11/ l11dtf­
frre11Do,
Th01Jsl, the fatal l1a., ltmg ceased to bu ,,,.
only mMlcr of tha animal, his destiny I, ,t/1/
a,ut onlv pur,w,rd In tha non-pBrao,ial bodv of
tl,u 1tpcdo,, Ila mooll'!I 1/,rough 1,kitory (not•
"flll lai#ory) tu wilh/11 an lmprurico {loud c>f
wtllful matt�r oxudtng tuJtat, f1l(l1Jf11lne�, tea,,.
atid blood,
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but as Lnndcquntu llS the ruling 1>f n sloL rnnclu1111 on 1110
love n./falr between twll �t:ut:le!nt 1,ctngs.
Is 1lmulot1011 thl'!1 to he u usel�� tool In tho Jlold of
urbnn ro$<'tll"ch? Cctt.nlnly nol, but !ts llmltut!ons 111-e oot
oJUrgilllll. They aro lunltatlon� iol1erout tu its 11at1u·o, lla
ncrobatlc mngio doPs not. ever. resolvo Itself in tho dnnco
life IJ. And i£ lhi• i� not oon.itnnllv reminclod to tho
rrogrlUDlller, the rislct nre not wortli the 8tlt'Vioes. This
has nnhll'lllly wuler implfcnlion� thnn Just lhnlU11g thn
arra of compclcnco of tho computer, It 1llo11gly suggests
th,11 Lhe aldlh ncce�•III')' for the dlJ<'lsion making aw, rn
the lleld of 1U'han plnnnlng, nnt nf the purely r:itlonnl
klud, n.s those, for inatuucc, nppllcablc to n mctnllurgiool
o r ch,;,1nlcul process, S\U'e, we say, lhoso o.ro not hwnl\ll
problems ns the probllins of the dty nre, oncl then,
verbally rid of tl1e oqulvocotlon, hnrk wo fa.II ln our nn­
rnlio1u1I "rutiouoU:a1tJon,�
Tlte fact ts th.it 1h11 mtlnnnllilng faculty ts lmpot�nt
1n limiting lit own me<ldUng. As wo cannot Mk the
c!J:cfo to 1tup It, clrculnrlty, so Jt I.ii nol pos"lt,lu to n�k
tho lnten�t to expl31n to its�lf thnt tl111 llmlts put to ltwlf
AM �till not rntionol limits,
Tho only tlrlug Lhnt cun Sl<Jp �llc_ut tlte mfnJ nnd unn
brook the circle Is n force or n pres�w·e .1trongcr th.m lhe
mind Juelf,
I11 tho sub-hwnnn world, tho tr\lo rntlonnllzlni,t dcvlco
1s <'•tlled ''instinct.• ln�tfn�t n1nke.• tho animal do tho right
thin" whi-never tl10 •ituhllon htis n frunili1u- llllpl'<'t (�nuse­
tlI'OOI). not Ill the scuse o! being ono of tho thi11gt Imp•
p�nlng l'l)utincly In the life spt•n of lhu nulmnl, l>ut
routinely In tl1t1 life •1,.,n of tht! species. 11,e r:ibblt n, n
llpf'clet hn, been doo1ncd lo C11dfoS$ dtnth by the fonf(S
of tho prooutor, When Cnccd by tho oncoming ,:nr, tho
rol1blt Is oot bwped hy ln.�tinet, tu fad, lnsUncl will bo
more thnn often hi• undoer ( rntionn111-ntlon in th� cu�t1 (')f
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uppllcs I.be snrot• loclu1iquo he aucco,sfully npplle; In

, , • A, (n 11111 l11{i1tll1•ly lorg11 t, 11111 f/11111! '""•
d01nt1( .is u• II Lt 111 1h11 l11finlloly ,ma/I, o ,.,,._
d,,mn(;ls thnJ dlr�ct.1 ltsol/ ,tafl#l.colly; a,, If
""''f'"J(IIJ/arlhJ mu/ /11,m�ll.tlty ooo bm:,111.te 11(
,wkt'dn&$, t/,n c,t/,rr bf'1X1u.so of wrf,at, would
1101 dlsensas• tlwms;;locs fron, 1l1a tedium of
,w,1�rpccta//o,1, lrO IC sncmed llwt In tl,11
ftn1t1Jdo of ti,� orgm1lsm tUd/ /;i 11,,. ICI/Jt of
non-randomntss, the wat of wtllftllnw.
/,""'!! tlmo 1i-<1 nuiko II ru/a 0111 of a ltutl,tlo,
tli11 f11t11r<1 /1 tn,;r.d by tl,18 ln<ilf!ertlnl/41 In M
fllucl, Of II r�lfe• on a mrcha1tln(o determln­
wn of the pros,,,,, and by tho 111/QNM/lllfl
mccha1118ttcally tabuwtrd from o past In lt,!"lf
oomlikrrd 1h11 fatal ofl,rrlng of an 1100, greater
nu:cl,an//.>ul t11111011mou.
tl10 pceac,nco t,£ lhl• ooyoto or th., fnloon, 1[11 run• in
ilil'rt, sbnrply hrokt>n j<>g•. V11ry often ono o! thoso rwlll
will put hJ:m wider Lbo cur whod� iluco ho unknowingly
puts hJmself undw n statlstlc31 Juw, n lnw ,vhfch ,� less
Ufo anvlng than It ls right to expect h, tlu., gonctlc:ally
Illl!lillnr occns!on. Tho u1bhll bus no rC$Orl to a truns•
ln!ltlnet that wlll Improve bis chnnce.• (nlh'1)-r3tJonnJ
{or mnn).
His r11Uouall211Uon, lnsUncl, cnru1ot ll1ku np tl1c chnl­
lt·ngo. Ho falt, nnd 1 1,is to 11ccopt p,,ssrvely the Into
uslgnt-d to him by the lnw� of probnbillly,
tn man, us alwny,, things Ml li.!Ss ols;1r•cu1, As !llJltiuct
IJ powerfully supplemeutcd by renso11, It becomes more
obscurely tictlvo and, more Umn often, U1e non-rnUonul
decisions of lnst.J.oct u10ko of It tho culprit of sorMv.
lnstinct, reason, trnns-rcnson. \.Vlierc nnd in whnt order
mo�t thoy workP At 1,•:i.<t three envelopes hnve slo,vly
enclrdod the lnttlnetuul: tbc rellocUve envelope, the socJul
cnv�lope. IUld the cultural onvclol>e, Knowfodgo, lncloding
1Ulf-koowlooge, h11, consLructed around U10 111,Unctunl
sphlltO u swibla stn,�turu of lnformntl011 thnt lc1tds lo
depend l�s on the ln�tlncttui.1 drlvm, tlw grcntor the dlN•
IAIIOO Is whlcli sepitral·e• tbli know)tJdge fl'llm tho !n-
1Unotuul sphere, nod lo depei1d more on tho n,,quired
ability of reBootlon, socialily aud culture, This lnrgot
sphere Is less nod less ,:cnello nnd more nnd more cul­
bwl. IL ls acquired, that Is to sny, it oomes to tho
lndlvldwu after the iud!vfduol L� gcll�tlcully fon:oed, lt iJ
tbo personal, saclnl nnd cultural second n111urc of mon.
Jlut if for rnnn the !nstlncl\inl Is sub-ml'lonnl, th� pC1'$Qnnl,
aoclnl nnd culturnl nn, ultrn.rotlonru, Ilntlc,nalb:11H\'ln C11n­
not cope with the fhsL hlllSmuch ws lb& outomnUc Lrl�gors
of tho lnsti.uctuul bcl.illvlors l1l1l far swlflur Uinn tho 0110-
at-11•tlme opemtfoo of mtforuillzutlon (the robbll would
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Tl"'� will tltJ/' btnHng u·/,t,11 oI1 tT,., -�•
111Jt>c1 1/u,nJ,.,,.d dw;n to tlur ballu,n of tocn­
llNI, 1·0 kc,p It. beat, turmoil mUII be /�,,,i,d.
1,lfe, general and lndl�·ldwl, p,a11tra bocl fur•
th•r and J..r1har In tlw holo of t/nu,, th,
,loucd-dqu;n beat of tlm11 llsclf, cnlrop,a limo
grinding to c: /wilt Of duratwn ,n� f1«o,
1/ ob,c,le$C,·nr.a tnka the />lace of oglog . ,,,,,_
"'T'� durollort; tllllt t, to "'!/, t1w, fatal
pr� crn th« d«i11Md (u:IU/ul). A.ii enouon­
mrnr u/rtc/1 Ir limply o tflChargsd rrvic:hanJ,m
i. fatal i n a.r much a.c ii f.t olnoluoml. Such
a fora/ rn1ffl)llm611t will ttnd to d-1,oy lb
oppo:ltc. life u;/,tcl• b duratw,v,L
dr.111 "ith &lte personnl, the � t.l.11: cultural? Thal Is
to 11tl4, In short, 1s rlmublion in 1Uch 11 case 11 legltlm�tc1
ill>l.rutlleut for pLsuolng? Al llrst sight, oi,c could sny )cs.
The personAI, IOCl41. and cultuml ore modular com•
J>(>ncnb per ,e logically ddlooblo. Dul even IO ( e,·oo If
this were 10) the sumo modular component s go i.uto stn1c­
t11re.1 wlMxc lndt"\1d1.1.11I o.rgnnl.<m.S nr11 hnrdly comp=hlt',
Nol only do tho structutts dil!cr, l,ut ilio compon<'lll
brlcb lhi:m.,;c,J11c, are only gcrmffllo to ench other.
For two pooplo ruindlng 1ldo by side, \l:w witnecslng.
aclmowledg,ncnt 1111d undcntandlug of ilie ,umc ldCfllkul
t:Vent ii alwllys diffrTfflt, ot times entlthrt!c,il , , • the
torture of her child l,y tho Nm robot is an npoc;;lypUc:
C:\'ent (or the mother, ll routwo to get O\·cr with for tho
d&ensitized mnn.
Tho fact is that pcoplo nc,·cr, never •l!1.11t1 sld,, by sldo
identical to Olli! another, Th<! longer the hlstory of tl1eJr
pAJt, the rl.cller lh C1011tl'llt and the furlhrr 11pllrl lhoy
Jlimd, utterly orlgionl, even In iliclr u�t wonstnlus "11)'11,
Furthermon,, dny In, day 0111, 1110 l<llffll! original �"l'l()n
swifts hll orlglnallty on unpredlctablc1 pmriulnms. Thr.n
tho ratlowtl way lo raUan11Uy ho,.,lle •iruulation would Ix,
to •lnnll:ite each day, each moment of ea,·b persoo by IIJl
endlonly meticulous in11estlgntion o f his pa•t, bis gcnrtio
inalte-up, bis emotions end health conditions, etc., oJ
ln.tln.itum. then s!mnbte the Intemc:tlon 11£ thl• motto•
Wnous p�okoge, obstrnot of o llfe, with 1h11 otb"r thou-
1ands of 1dcotle11Uy OJOW)lllillOUS p;,.cknget llO )"9$ ob­
llnlct. Tho ODIIClwlon is tluu lho m1ly ratiOlllll rlm\UAllon
of life II th e U\1ng or llfo ltselL Durntlon Ill, b y dcllnltlon,
11 non-limul:lblblo pbc11omenology, That J,, ,1n1ubtion t,
Jlrktly fmtiozw when uppUed to 1ho ultTll•rotlOlllll pho­
llOIDC!DOO that llfo ls.
Indtled, simulation Is for process. Jt la not for loooomlng.
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ft-rq1icnt"e. It b, n• it� oot, nntlr.d from th� JdhMynr111.d..,

�fan.1 ,corld Ls t'he W01'1d of non-Nrndon1nu1.
T o hove it controlled by ,1a1utlcion.s If lo be­
troy 1:, mJJ11rc and llt41 '71Cci�1 tof TY1an ,cl/It
II, Statistic,, af'll n()t./ung n&bft1 t114n thtl 1tnt-,o/ope
of d,11,1 wrap�d aroc,nd 1h11 unraoelttl 6Vb-
"'"'" of lklcomfng,
Tltc "r1iwcfl,,., time" l• duration t/Ull, fm­
� by tl,o fatal bcof of matorial tlmo
and oond,tJcned 1,'.J tlie ncae/Mat/on o, chi«l­
tr<Jtlon of biologlcoJ """" finch II� ocon rNJli!JJ
In u., �r to dr,mfy or diluU• tlu, action of
t/14 mmd ond by /ID doing fw. man fro,n 1/111
CUE;II of th!I fatal (llnw,).
of llllln (automntion) und dHclt·n.:y i• IL, ('Je,lo. It is a
metronomic �••Jilt n,.i worklng 011 htomlc tlmn di.sn-gardtng
dnrnt!Qn, th., bJo.jUyclilc beat of life (thi- a11tomatfo
._,.,bly l1110 cun lk' rnndo lo g<> at d.Hlcrent SJX·cdi).
Procea is tluit portion of rt:ahty !lat 111,lrurncntollzt'S tlie
nthrr portlnn, ton living ond the ontologic,nl portlnn to
wh!t-h lnstrun•N•tality u. s11l,<;<!l'\lirt,1 nu, strJ\·n. 1111, pota
1111d p111• ar., 111.drunot:nlal to tho w11kh1g of a s,,o<l did1,
·11,n good di,h p,1rbkc•3 more dln.-ctly of tha mr.taphyslcal
world lh,in UH· stmn ,ind th,. olh� tool, do. The mcl.A­
physi<i1I worl,I ot•lll<'l in run bl!>Om In ll,c pn:rence or
tho tnblo and ti,� rotnpw1y dining ltlgether. !,tu,dc by
shodo tt1lity a,n be $<>1t<1<l out ,ind loglc,:ill)· dl<J1ID)OO
from the lllllrtwo of pure iustrum�utulity to tho other
t'Xlrcmo of pum splrJt, Jloughly speaking. proceaa belongs
lo lhn first hall, hl'!C'C1ming. to the s«'OJ1d. O,w is the
world of c,iw,,,...IT,'<.-t, mnulabli:, tbe drlc,mlnhUc world.
'inn nlli<'t' I, of ti,,. ,mprol>"bly, unpft'dlctnhl.-, 11n<irm1-
bblo world. \Vhat tl,cn I, lht! ln,1111men1 thnl Is up to th"
Luk ol "pLwnln1( ihc c,u,irow.ncnt for mun? II II O(JllC
otl1er than tlw, rtt<'ptlonal pcn,on whn ha5 fo11nrl in him­
self the lnt...,,,ity 11nrl tho d,iv., to be n spc,akrr 1111d •
,:onwher for tl,o wnimon man. llc is tl,e mlln in po,1-
�ioo 0£ a IT111is-111�tlntt,
Ono oould Cllll him an instinctnalblld lntt"llect thul
cun b1id� from l},c 111h-rationol to tht" ullra•rallooul nnd
land ID th,. .-yo of the hunllln re:,l!ty It.elf. This JJ,ould
M
not, .. II d.-, up.<� 11,., Mt'Om1non man, J.11'1 h,, iigr,,.,.
ablo to tJJc notion that lhu Elnsh,ln• 1111d th" Pk.u:sos 11.-0
r11rc q,ec:,tneus ar,d lrn'l pl.inning Io, 11ft inh.:nM>ly him.an
environment a most diJl1c-uh ta.•k dcm1111dlng rare ln•ight.?
ar we gl� In tn the icfoa thllt • gond te.:im or pro­
gnunmcrs will romu np with ll,e mo.,t rtllillbli· joh, wo
Ill., lu for, Ill bc:>t, a bl.ind, utterly demythologit.cxl solu­
tion. I u,e the-! t�nn "mytholow" r1rrpvsely, \Ve th.Ink

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that ol\'th and mellpll\'slt;jl aiv burtlcns oo m:in•, botd,.

On tl,s entropic Incline, 11111 u'IU/ul construct,
t/1c 1<1trOCCf of lli<1 llfllng. Plant, ,11id onimaLi
root IMm#lou In ti.a ,ound ,oO oj Iha "41Lrtl­
Ml (,.,Wlcllll•I.,) and go on locally tkf!Jlng
and c:1,,1ca1.1ng u.
\Ve push aside the olJ myth, with m uttf'l'ly mythical
ratlaru,le thllt m�<Jtldzrs technology nnd c:hsng�. a,s U
they mcmil anythlog •t all deprived of tho forces tlual
ha,� origfruHrd them, foroea that an,, as far a1 II OJn be
oon.fec::tur'd, the onlJ· n,llJc>ns f« their exist�. lll>1h
awl comfort CWlnOt coaist, IIS myth b u spccillauly Wl­
oomEortablo but acauve Stana! of man vis-l•vls tho my••
t",Y ol lhc univ,,ne. 0111 trouble II not that we hvn tw
mudi by IU)th. but rather that our m)ths uo shnllow,
cluttered by � pollutnnts of onr alBuent-opuk-nt uwpLl.
The ln<trumenl u �use thn mind has willed it, but
tlw inmumenl Is uol the offspring al t.hc 1Uind. It ii purely
a devlco lhc mlnJ makes to C>'Clllc better o!T,priog,.
1he ln�t cann<>I ordl!f nor spect1late nor project
wh:it the nat IQO\le of tl,o mind Is auy 010,c than the
paws of thu tiger can modify tlu! 1nm swar of illstind
that wlll make the tig<!r be on the nm aft<ll' the prry,
Only the lout �tay of in:;lr,.,mr.nt11lit)· among the humlln
envltonmcnt will nwl the mind. It \\1U mark the mind:
n wlU not make ,t, :u no di<tt1>te thing ain m.uP a non­
discrete t.bluit, n.-1- thein 11, in this d.1fl, the blnzl.ng
flro of <GrtJpnssion. Thus, fn'G "iil boromes a c:ona-cte
entity loandlini; thll lnstrnmeatJ nf lb fnvcmtlon. n,,. .um
nf tbls ftt>e og,,nt b not limiled to lnvt!ntlon of lnStnrment�
m this ls the prerogatn'O of blolol(k,al life!. It Is instmcl,
and beyond, the �lion of a DC\•·• unprcdktal,k llOU­
llmubhle rctlity.

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ESTHETICISM AND
ESTHETOGENESIS
Th" Mthelfc world ��M as tl,o lntffl!ll!<llaiy l�vecn
tLu e:irthly nnd tb11 0U1crworldly, 1111 loh:rmcilllll')' for
rkfons.:less and morllll 111110 whole skin conlAiDbd aU t.hot
!wk lo ml\k,, him be, whoi;c outer was all thot be cau1d
uk.i from fer rurvival nnd becoming. lllld an that l.'Ollld
�b him by brutal bloWJ ot by subtle fn.slnuatione and
J"'llctTatlou mto Its beJng, The e.stbetlo wna tl'um a work
of angubb Md bore, 0£ otonement ond thanks, of de­
fillllcc. It was the beginning of an estbetogenesl.s: at _8nt,
lbo grncsi, of n universe I.hot would m.,lce bearable to
mnn the Cate of his tncrptfon, thl"tl II unlven1e made by
man where ma,1 would be II free ngcot. To the world,
tllll estheUo 1mlvme would be the lntru$1on of m�n•,
dcnuind, and the Infusion within the block and dumb
universe of the llght and wund of log01. When bodonlan
lnflltm� tho sacred groundl, csthctogcoesu grow II pem·
site, The lessening of the tension at the edge of rurvivnl
gnvo the pn.raslte food for development. OnJ:y the l.,cst
fllt.,,..._tlrd.1ts-hl1Vt1 Uuougbout lilstoiy kept tho ttt,o of
question of bAvlng one finger Into tho action, regardless
of how pertinent U,c p4tlfoipatlou wa.,.
To<Lay, presumptt11tly free from N!1lT and doom, esthetio
mt1n 14 011e with ""trnvagnnt 11111n. Ul'C!onJsm-l'Stheticllm
has taken ovar •with a twist. The tccJwologtcal dnmon bu
bad not too m11ch to do to tempt end co com,pt tho
*artist.• Jf only tho Fau.'tls of our museums would go end
Lllve Jlnt.hiwcl upcrfonoc with the enclaves of tho IL'<lhnO­
logfcal �it'phlstophelc�, they wnuld $Cle how cheap they
themsclvea como and how poorly they aro rcgnrdcJ b y
lhoh- mastcn. Indeed, the ,anguish and the tel'l'Or and
luipe ancl d�Aonc,, onrl ntnncmeot lll"8 In tbe tethnologiatl
""chves 1111d not In tho studio of I.he arti6t. Tho atllit ls •
lbr!vded figuro cluuncd W Lis csthctlclsm, lngyown 1<nd
often ac,pt!o.
Thero, whert• U,c ll1Q'Nllliblo w�gllllUlcltino of ted1nology
grinds out. sttcil aud lastict, cxmcepts and lnvcntlOIJS,
f
.,JocbunJo ,and chemJ011 brain.', bombs and rock,.ts, theta
is where lho wigubb of tho ,peclo.s de:,pc-rately 1111d
quasi•bopelcssly 1ix:b • catharsis.
Tbe arfut b.11 redue<ed his msk i'o pnt-cn! and whim­
pers, an abysmal foll Crom tho cmlllllion of being ooe I n a
trlnlty, tho mediator between tho hnl))Mn and the ultra­
bumnn. B11t those Ctelllonr were llmlllt'Miy amhltlmu mm,
111 tho fonnden of rcUglona WQte. TI1tro WIii no limit 111
to why their -,ch w111 at the Qaro of rcallty, and bow
and where It would opt-Tllte and. C!l'Olve \\.'Ould oot be of
prime ClOUCCII"', Wero they not crCAtoa 0£ a third world,
th.o world of cowpwionato beauty?
The g.uno playl!t', the toy maker, tho w>'urpcr o( tho
arlJ, the Jt-ter nnd pllraDolac, the opportunbts and th�lr
court of Joloors c:,w havo none or this. Tbe angu�b of man
Is mptlvo of tho technocratic rc:;olve of uot letting 1&11)'
discoveiy IIo ldJ.,, nor any bit 0£ cunning or clcvcroel.1 go
lost to tho sorcery of his toots. �lllll hlmseU I$ captive a.,

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PROCESS .AND GRO\\'TII
Process is "manlpulatwn" by ouler dccisWII.
Pro,vus belongt to tlie technolcglMI.
Growth is "manipulatlonn by Inner d.:cl>fon.
Growth bf/longs 10 the b/c•fTl{·ntal.
Proc&s is a performance of tec:/1110/ogy 1,·l,lcT1
acls by way af overslmpllficatlon.
Orowtli is a performance of t/Je bk>-mental
whtcl1 am by waq of complcxlficatlo11.
1'roee.t1t d(j11r1t c1111nge.,.
Orowtli drf111eY cns,os."110-nt.
Cont.,mpomry man /,t m1 •,'f111(ff'lud liy cl,ani;e
and I.I 1latt,'C</ by lack of m1gtom11c11t.
the procc.'SS lwi uilipluCXJd the boc'Oru!ng, tl,o bows CU'll
cruiliJJ1g tit� why•.
l'mccss ii lhl'l produC'l'r of chnnge, lint lhla Is onl}' hnlf
of che •tory, and noc 1lu1 u1osl lmpqrtnnt, tho lnnrum�ntml
half. I soo ch.uige n� of lwo klncls. 11,c first kind Is t.ho
cl111ngt- brongl,t aoout by what I C/1ll "pnx-ess." Proces,
Is the IT11nsfonn11tioo o( tho manlmatc world, tho mineral
,u,d tl,a t..-c:hoologic,11 wurlJ. �i Is rc11Ily timelo:.s i.n
tho st1ll!UI th.At ,t aperatllll moro: on frequcuclcs lb.au lime
Lirses. (Ont! can accelerot o or decell!rllt" 11 process.) Tho
=t crudnl cbo.ract�r of process ls thot It ii revursihlo
(.,..en though 1Jmit.auuru1 nf know-how might prcvcut it).
Det�rmlnisrn gcn•ffm• pm<l<·SS, Tbn St-«nd kind of c:J,3ngn
la ll111t btougltl ubout by whnl 1 call becoming. J!,,comlng
h lrrovcnil,lo und <JUulillt-s uud ls qWlllfu,d b)· duruUon,
th,, b l o p;i
- ycl,ologicnl tuntJ by whOM! beat, life develups.
CreuU,·cness Is thl' E-thercall7.fng 11."!)C!Ct of b«mnlng.
\Vo h,wo m;ido Lhtt burbnrnus mistnko of idr.tttlfying
praco,s wllh oos'Omlng. The confuswn IS killiug w. and
dv!lization. Tltc production-<"Ollli1m,ptiou a&mival hiu put
pro� on too altar. l'roa,sa, not �ming, ls the bu,,fnesa
or bu•i11= 11nu th� b,nltJt..s of thu cc;olog,cc,,I tldmdo.
&c<imlng. on the otl,..,r huncl, i5 lnCiipable or Je,trucUou.,
tnumud, rus be<-omfng ls the anUth<'ll!J of un-1><.�omlng.
The opulent ><l<'l••ty Is 1mJ,.'COmlug.
DuruUuu-rowple.uty belongs lo l>c:comlng. Froqncllcy•
proces, tend, toward complfe111ednes•. An organlffll la
tl11ratl1m-comrh-Iit)' 11ri,.1111,d. A m�thinci Is !""J"""I')'•
co1Dpl1C11t1:dnc,a orfontt.'<.I. Our prllS<!nl society b ,Ull
mcdlllnfoo..,.,mplkatc:d, ll mu,t mdamorpho,c lowurd tho
durntional•c:oinplt<X. It Is only in th,. esthr.Hc p�ommon,
chc estJ.Mog<eru,..,i, Q[ things. thnt proc.-eu und boroming
a.n como luto rusion. Thero ls w!.t.!le W:e must tend
luwnnl, to male hill use of the mt-rgctic, universe wit.bout
its,,lf bt•ing dr�tructtod from the tide of l'VOlurlno trnd lntn
,, mttl1ano-rlrt!'nnlni<tl e .,,r11t. dut�lfonnlly Ir.different.
Lb.it u Lo .5a}', rtl\· cnfl.,lo, olhkully 11IL

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Creotivene.is is tlie great 1,vdy {11 u·ho,-a
sl,adow gregariousness can pcr/tmn, LI '1 ul•
tef'l!J arocl, because misleading, to prop<1so fioe
to sever. billit>n creators. ll{o.!t of U8 cr1•ato by
pro.,·y (ml111c"lis). It b tl1t·11 rig/it I,> lalJ 1/1r1t
111<' lt11man 4p<'cks is Cf't!atJ� and 1/11110,.y to
make of C'rlJatlrlly a blankctt 1,c,r111. 7'hc Cll'<'fl.­
tlon (e.t1/1ctc>-compa.'itlonat11 roc:nt) L1 nol ,m
1·foolrlc bl11nk,-t, l,111 a l,/(lz/11g flam1t ton bot
to br: l11md/c,J l11dhcrlml11atrly . It " t/111 e1tlwr
,1111, /lur ncm-dcformln/Jllo "'" of becoming.
WlllJt tlll'u of thu lll'I.S? 'l'hcy hardly ore II p11rt of ulu,
as they ainnot bl! nuy longer tho lnt1:rn1cdiary hdwl"'n
ILo mortal RDd 1110 "lmmortnl." IL might \\'Oil bo for tho
�ter. The ,,stherfc world huJ a.Jwuys been fsr tnoto tliun
im lnlorpret« or ll <;ootl1t'r l,e1w, ,.u , two lrn,concllnble
worlds. 8y It� tall tJ.. , e1;thctlo 11111n JCes ht, tasks ct1•
dangt-red hut Pl the 511mo time clnriOoo. Tito e,;ti1etic Is
tho third W\lrld, •ynt.lJc.sls lll'l<l ctbcrcall1."tlon of hoth tho
oth.-r two. When I t Is not tbat, when It dQeJ not perform,
It Is 1111tomatlc,illy obM.nl, Ao ln�trumenl cnn pcrfoun
poorly wid still be rm illlltrumcnl. A poor pcx.m ,� simply
not nn esthelfo r.v,mt. II Is ll ml�mrrlnge of knowledge
nnd emotlor•• thnl adcb no novolty lo lho Dow nl tx.�
cuming. (L 1, not a ,·rcalion. So II l, 1101 thut thu :irt C4n
be on top or on the bottom or In b<-twN:n 1h11 ph�nnmrnoo
0£ 1m1r1. Jt cun only l>o u Its ll)'lltl1esr, ( utkr U(;-onomy)
or It II not.
I th"fl Qlll mu.�eum� th-,so ,torch1>11�,.� when, wolht'dng
tho few and for up;,rt e,;tbetogenN.lc shnnd, !ii o �woliL'fl
,;:<u1gcric, of l>Cl'$ncY1li,od fragments of mutter for whfdi
both tho ma.terla.l.s arrd the process e1trry the burden of u
lonely oncl puny revolt, nono of on nltogethcr more t·oro•
pa.uionatd if minute self-orlglnnling <'OUN.•ptlou; t.Lls ls
nr,t th" gn,At age c,I i:stbclogculJS!r.
?-.fen ,� t1 prf:10ner ns novet before of the �or,..,ry ft.n4I•
btlity baJ dltoudcd him \\�lh. Tho 11CC<'lflr11tion of chungo,
of which p� Is the pro�, l)l'C$(:tlb confounded
nwt with tC1day'a loon th,lt hrt, made ob!IOlete yrslerday's
loon. Tho loon bclng tho corporato lmnge, th., c-nglnec-ring

eta. The la.<t: Icon of all, =

£e.1t, tho <.>lt, \ho SS'l', tho multlpl" warbend, U10 ,,ick bit,
himself, ,wc:pt along tQ the
waste beo.p, where obsoli,sccnce nests nnd seeps back Into
mutter-enetgy.
And 11.11 lhti o.rtisl hu, all but glvoo up, the tcchnOc,1'111 a t
11,., lower Boor oarriet oo the burden hn Jt not •tructurcd
t o CAn)', Ind� the nngnUb cnnnot but grow, I.be lono-

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liness bcromc.'l more steely as more noel more mntlcr Is }.fAN AND SEPARATENESS
forged into servicing a shrinking ethos 11nd a t'Ollupstng
hiernrchy of gods (gross nationnl product, etc.).
Esthetogenesis is not a rescue ship and, mis11.s1Xl nt that,
it \\ill nol break the cletermin�tic Jock t<•cbn<1mtM1 is
snapping on man. Religion and phllo11nphy n1c tho iock­
breaken;, For the real esthetic m:ln, I.ho 111,k t, tn truu1-
figure the deterministic universe, in nil It� <>t}"'tnlli.nc logic
and mtionallty, into a compassi1llllll<', ultni-logit-pl nnd
ultra-1'1ltioruu reality,

Th11 death of Martin Lulhc,r King cknounccd n.� tho

evil o£ l'llciml, It would du wull lo hi• incuiftce ,( WQ
brought tho very fact of raolsm ioto n lllrger ooutainer,
tho house of 1epnratcncss. In i t Lbo qucslloo ls glvrn n
dlmt!llSloo of envelope, the sphere \U'ld tbo s:wction of tho
homo,pht're of tho enrt!1. !Ince �egr1>gnUon ls th� fl)(l1Jii11g
of destructl,•eol!Q on tho most tt!ncler ti•suc, flf 111ch
onvelope, the person. But II is not whnt soput11knl',s, Is In
the total cuntc�l o! llic. ln �uch c:outQ.\t, ll<-plll'nton(•S� Is
the bcenking o£ the p1t>ce$$ of 16Al'lllng 11Dd J)llrfonnnncc
io two mnjor ft11gmcnts, OJlruysis and sy11U1cst,, and tho
tliiCOlt'ding of tho aPoond.
ll Is uol r<mlly poor cammunlcallo11 tl1nt 15 rcspon.sJl,lo
for evil but poor understanding, (Noto then the Jm­
port,mco ot CJ1vitonnu�nt11l lnfoonnliou vlt,:t·vl., mnned fn­
fonllLttion.) The pt00t:$S of tuvesting oueself Into tbt1 rc:al
Is alwnys begun with n cleaver or n Qlumsy �nrtl�s of th,1
1n-illl11blo lnfonnutlon. YoUJlg or olJ, ,•nltlvntrd or ignorout,
wu t'Ollect !ufon11atio11 111 llll w1ulyUclll frumu of bdng, II

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we /ind lime RS collectors of dAto, wc Ille "'luctmt lo
p11use 1t11d let tirtw (organic !uno) im�le the (ti.
formnlion bits with the cemenl ol ll)'llthc:m. \\'c glue suc:b
!rugmcols on the billbo�ds of tlw, lmun and roturn to
tbem in uood, lo swglc oul tbe black or the ,.hllo "itb no
ooute.,t to them ru:,d in o. thick hue ol 11t»tfll<.'tlou.
UNDERSTANDING
\Vb.al practically happens is tluit we COl>tUntly bt011d­
cu;;1 ns ruuch as we ieooive und v.mt oow,,s 1n goa out.
11.s if bounced by � mirror, hits lncoming, bllJ outgoing.
11r1digr,ted, unintt•grnt"ll. ""gn-g-Jted. 1ml the val11" of m­
lannatloo 15 tl111t--Qll('G lil.ltcu lu a1 Ii l,111kl111g 11,a1mul-4t
r ,l'SCd, ohl, cl llw mnny, In tbc cons1n1cho11 I)( • ,tn>c­
tun,, the .inictnro of 011c'1 OWl1 life con,1rut111 to the
l:irgr.r wuctu,, t>S 111ckl) iu,d tl,o titructW'O of tbt< world.
iho lcy word ls ro11gr11c1wo. Scparutcnas It whcro
u,ngnw,100 ls IWI, Cougruencic Is where l<ll)4r.lCllC5S IUIJ
hc,,-_,n nin<Tk-d. Ufo dao,11d be t.La lL'>C af r.,.J11)• In au('h •
way a! to Wt"M out tl,o thraa,ls of the nrtt irnpr1,oning
things to the p<>inl wlw.'M this net o{ ..,,.,.wneu II
<onswnc<l uw•y il,UJ th.lug,, ,nd"ldu.o.l but free, cau rcacli
and touclJ c;icl; utl1<T.
PASSIVll'Y
Jr wa l,di:,,•I! u mnplo n:llcctars, we do not partidpato,
that b to 11>), we ate 001 decl®n nral<r:t>. We away u
tho CUJ!CIII of t:\nlJ IIMM:$. }'or a ulllven:il ,-oodi11rA1
of p1tssh·1ty, IIMi c,trr�nl nf O\'t'Tlll tll mllde up of the,
roll•l«h'C SWII)ing o( u1J tlw rclloctors, Aod always liOJDl!­
wboc, .cmeone or llOm•thing ha, h,1 baud 011 thtt tliro11le
ru,J lVIIUillnds. '"' 0)'1 ond totllll("r-swayw. H11 l'°"".r af
t'Ontrol bl lo the Iraw,1«•11tuU011 c,f tllll L'Ol1t.rolloil an "b1d1
tho ('(UlltOl� 1trwly1Jutl and uooo-ordinated mos:uc ts
,w, mO\'<<l 110, mo\'1ng towArd • syntt.c.11 Wt coDttlrHas
C\CI')' •:nglc •1011(.1 lo l<»ni ll l'Ullltxl ur CQW;CCjUl!Dt:C, lf
U3
9IICh a 5)'111111!111 hJld «currod. the single bill would ha,a
� rcLited, swwa to woke friends with other bilJ already
tnmsfem,d Into the single whole of which 1hoy arc part
1111d po.roe!. wilbln the folds of the mind.
II 10, tba, at ca,issii:111 tin10 111th embsion would not bo
the lnonilnnte rellectioo of fragments of information l,ut I
nn11¢1nus lllld willful re,pori.oe 10 the 011ttr proposition.
P.IENTAL SECRECATION
\Vl>M I hear "nigger· nnd J dlout back •nigger," I 111D
a dwl. if polJslioo, fragment o! m11Uor, \Vbcu I n,ad th.it a
BLidc adghbor aqua!, depreclaUoo of l'ell.l estat.e and I
bark It out to Lha four wind.a, I am 11gnln a dull pebble.
I �\'11 f4iled to integrate Lha pocltugcd W'ormnUou with.in
multy. I simply cart i t within the Iragnu:nt, the practicw
frngmeal of. auoh fflllity. In AO doing I buy a little time
for my,cll awl lllakc of ruy lutu«• n .ulghlmaJ·e, tha 0110
this nation Is In 110w.
The shadow-reality pf • reol t•late vnlue Is clcr.trly
dc:nounc,ed b)· th,; pn.'Cllriownm of I.ho 00ll.9<'lon.oo thnl
1111ut go in ckfondlug it, the seraralt'nt::&S, ftom the swdl­
Mg of • whole h!ologlaJ phenomenon groping for 11 001111lc
<'<"'>pooent. of ilie oorrkudcd ,u1guab, m lndl\'idwil, coo­
ditioned by long )lllll'I of plU>ive, mirror-like l,cl;avior.
TM.le pnig,natum bo.s 110 besltntion in rejeotlng the shndow­
rllluity of 11W1y or the octs caged oit tl,o altu al this
pmct.lcal.. A bumlng city u not flnlcUcal to lUl)'Olll?, lciut
of all to lnrunmce eompanle!, Out "'" hav" lnsUtuUonallzoo
It and modo lt prut ol our own roality, Tho 6ro l,owb
and tho throwlog baud an, only IDclilc:otol. Arsonlsm Is
In tho ,epanueoi,s• wc nnr,,. With �h1rmln�te nnd l rm ­
tional c,are.
I n the fine.art, world the unlvCl'S!lh1y of the pe111Qnal
aprcs.iuo would l,e the wnr. gropmg for a wholeot:111 of
lotcou, If not of r11111lti. 'fhj) llllist Is r'lol a refk-ctor, cu ii
often a.Id, but a11 inl"J;rolc>r � Ly 1U1 cnuapolutiv.i

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(onnoooe as much u ate tho rown.riu. Each of us is a unl­

fpculty that pemtlts him to do mote thlm othrn with tha 'l'CJ's:il m:w or "'OmaO t.«ausc we all are of l11e uniH!rse.
s.ime amoUTit of analytical mput. so much so that IOUlo­ To neglilct tlu is putt!) to m-glect oneseli, a neglt"Ct t114t
tirues he even creates. lills.

SYNTHESIS
The power of synthesis can iwd must ha cultlvatw.
There is very little significance tn uny lnitiUl\'C that flllh
to point at the indisputable oon� or evm tho
most "unrelated" perfonnanccs. Tbe esthctic, pmfonnaua!
i$ essentially synthetic and, as all �- Is • centnitbl
of ene,pes. In esthetica the �n,bllfty betwc,en
the lirnil"'l phy,1r-�1 ....d ellt"rgetio bullc gone In the ('CIIJl­
po,itiou or tho c,;tJtdic ol,joct ls c:IMr; let us say tha
it lw on th,; 10111 of =·
iocommensu,.bility be11� a paioliog aod the bold thAt
11.e 5111-energy of the ,:sthetia
obj<X:t ls tbc IIICllSWCIJXnl of iU own substilDOO. T1iis .sur­
cmt:lg)' 1$ o[ •>ntl111tic nature. It ,. tho pacbguig or
miniaturizing of powen onlilwlly tenuous becaw,e -t•
t......d Into lcn,�tensNI, phyrico-temporal arms ylllkllng low
tlf nil usciulness. Tl,o e.sthetic object is • centff ol radJa.
ltOD arouoo v,hic,h wao coog,egate, llogly or "',ll«tively
to be pllrtidpotory or -.,tneu ID an ad. of creation. rt fl
<'rucial to =phame t!mt a feallty ..,u) hu not tho
c11crgdk rc,inolr for tl,c compm,s!oa of IDputs into
wholes, "holes whoso outpourings of radiance are tbo
esthetkobject.
To <:ultivarc one'.1 ,0111 Is then tho quest that will bad
up lh<1 dwls uC tJ., �'.Yes, tho ean, tho band, and tbo
body wilh the � po-- <1t of the tJJlnd aod ultimately
will 1:..st L•IM tho cages of ,cpar,i•cocss. Sq,anilc:oea Is a
poculiar 11lVlllltion of man and it is a metlAllO to bl, position
within the O'\'Olvmg unlvet.o. Small or largo. tho 1ndl,id-
11al work ls a contribution ID\\ •rd or an Inquiry an the
body of tbo spt-clcs. n.e ,�ponsibility II penoual and
av.-.e and lll6 punl5bmcnt is as tntrtnslc to tbo per-

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PSYCHOSO�IATIC iiAN (Psychology

and Environment)

Wlut mal«,s for a pl)'cbologlca] common ground bc­

To oddtw parudi. IJ for tlH, � and I#
eongllll� mirid. For SIWIII parodus I, 6-hJnd
and fed, and fu81IV ,o, • lnfcmtila /ongii1g•
are (1ltdli ffl!tci#L But '"- ft;tll. � of
billion. of mlnth C1111 "°"ll do 1},. � In td
�•·/y and liitL.'DWly a.t a,iy atroJIUUIOJI
fam., oan.
twoon two er mc,re indlvidwil, does not happen in a
phyllcal \'llcuum; lt II an -nt contamed a.nd ooncli ­
daDed by the eDVfrwuocmL In fact, the psycl>olomotlc
lmmaoenoe II II momentouJ outcome of l!llvinlumentlll coo­
diHoniGgt (IUl'Vival ol the llttest. for ooe). ce>-pre,enl to
Uld formative o£ the C\'Oludon of llllDll and pcyche.
To malata1n that pl)'cbologfcal ffllln ls aepn,ate or moro
bnportlutt th&n envinlnmeotlll (somatic) 11111D Is llQfl•&en­
lical, a, Lt oonslckrs man u IIOthlng more thnn an abstnsc-­
tlon of ht, mind. l'lycbologlcal man Is the officpring of
-tic mm u •aociAI psyc1ie• is the oJJspdog of IIOdal
-• the characteriu.tion of the blolog!cal society by tho
llllviffJDmmtel (physical) p-.
Th& distrust, bonw by a too easily cll,illusloned )'Otlth,
for IID)'thing that ataod• b.;rn...eo lWD IDWI or �-eeu II
m11ltJtado of 11,an (\Voodstock) 1w had tho negative
ell'ect of making • desert for somattc man in ,vWch .tedlity
tho psycheWill suppoH'(lly bloaow.

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Spirit 1.t Mal� Becoming SpltU 110

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datozy the existence of a pbysic'111 envlrolll'.llellt odoqwlle
\Vbo but the mad Md the dcud would ba willing to to his "need,." Ooo of tboso, and tho ono Lbnt more und
give op as of this moment the IICQCSS (for IDIW) to the ,nore ahould prevuJl, II the psychological food that our•
written universe, to the mosio of man, to t.bG world of his tun!II bJa ,pldt. But thll food germlrultes In thAI envlron­
mind which he has physically co,��tructed. to thi, in�tl• lllCllt LOd Jt ii tdnVC11tcd In JI, 111 11 matter o( growth, by
h.rtlon itself of civilization on thi, prel!umpUuu tb4t IUl<'lr tho maulpulatillg forces of tho pmu, nnd thwt growing,
all what counts i$ the direct rclaUOll!Jlllp bf.twet'n what at lrlt. Mllnlpulatlo.n Is a 111rch.lrging of matter wllh psy­
such a degree of deprivatioo would b<! nol m«e thnu twO chla tension which . . .
or more naked apes? l, Disrupts the ccy1tulJ.loe-stativtlcuJ order o f UULtkt il.$1·1!
(and thus psedlsp06es the staging of chaos).
CONTAINER AND CONTENT a. Protl- c.boos ii.Self OJ IIOOII os the psycho-tension
1£ the spirit is au offspring of mnltw (the only one), and lllllllldons the manipulated (man-mad1i) objoot.
not villt' vma, psycl,ological m 1111 ls the olripring of 110- This is the littering of nature by mnn and his doing.
matlo (physiological) mllD, Fc,r tl,c illme logilllll congru­ 'l'be usod•up mplclo II dlscluuged of the tc a.tjon repre­
"'''-'CI the {>{ycbologirul ructlia ol $ocloty CAil only make it• llClltcd and lnoarpozated ln Its potcut:llll US<.I. fro.use i.t
self ru if spinning into bclng by the ferdllty of the phyllcal potential cluuge. l'O&t-11so is Inertial stnte, It CM and mw,t
cnvlronmeot. It bl lhe irreverslblllty of the procea ol langl• rctnln • clwgo, ovw If xe.ldllll!, In otdor to oorry the
bllity into intnngibility tliut demands t.Le prea,den� of the clo.sing of the "paper· O)'l'le, The worn-out napkin is n
ooUllllncr so GS to (!l)Crgizb tho content. If we do not dam deed Dllpkln. The price ta g 0£ o. wed napkin symbolizes
thi, running wuter, we will not be nhlo to mruai u•e of the the .rl!fidUGl chnrge, Its price tag ii to be (oUDd ln tbo
pott•nt!al omergy, �n�rgy of po11ltfon, oC cmvltomncnt, of the whole ccologlcal dlv.ldcod !or wblcb an open cycle is a
w11ter. Tho "hoo WMl<•r' will go fnr u 10-oilled uatural bal• pwlve C!)'1l1e. •1n the red," as the snying g0es. The gl'fflter
onca of things, Thal sumo baLmco of tlili,gs which has the surcllargo, the greater the potential for littering, The
1-n dLtn,ptod by ull, none c,,ccluded, clolng, of mArt. A >'Ml full of broken-down equlp111Cot l10d worn out too.1:1
"1111lunu bal.ince" whlth h(l('(lpts life only up to thniohold Is II powedul ryoop&II of roch lltttuing. Tho letdown from
of conscloun,css, '" beyond It will£ulu� and not uatut11l­ the surcborp (pNformancc) ls th-, cm1111tion of a brutish
nes1 Is hi (p;irtlol) con1m11.11d. The slmpleat C<10syrtem Is po,t-\l$Cl'ulocss condition which, In a way, Is oven prolo­
tha mirwml univ�. It 1, the� of non.life, Should
cosroio for the abscoco in It of the statlstlool order govern­
il be Uie IIJ�"" of thing�P Buy<md It the ac<lti)'Stem bi to
Ing the uotvenc (o.s tho used-up oopkfn to n fat lC$se.t
G degree also II p$)',·ho•system a.s rudimcnbuy as tho psy·
degree d0ell alao). The world of litter nm! ,va.ste .la tho
cl1io wnte:rt mlgl,t be, the psychology of a wgctable, for
world where the spirit has dcps.rtod and raUonality of mat•
iustance,
tcr-energy w111 beforebnnd ptllpoc'lflly warped for tho s�ke
There l, a fa(1lllll pl't'vofont'e, If not p�K-e, of
of tbl! now departed spirit.
l!<trn�llc ,nan 6 11 psychic n,ru,. SoJ.UaUc IIWI has tbu an­
Io tbMe ya:da of 1111ught is where, by llw way, the "art­
ce.try of billions of Y""'" t'lf blologl<'111 life; psychlo man,
ist" of todAy often finch his rubject mottcr with the mytl1l•
on unttttry mt:,uur,-d hv lht: frw hundred, of lhon,andJ
of ycnn< of llomo ,•rcdu,. This p,e-cmin,1!00 mokee IDAD- cal illusion of u.slng It only flll n medl11 for the expression

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Anything we mako C(JrrfP,t 1111 "7>ffl pr10il la/!
mod an undi.wlosed prico tag. Tl,l!t Iott prlctl
is nat 16,s ,eat by being lgm>rtd. In fact, by
Mt appearing 011 the ot]irl,J b/JUlnCj/ w.el• It
becomes th11 decl:iioe 001,r 011 1h11 ltml!lal,1(1
for ,vn>ival. PoUutlon is t/111 mQd comp«hm,.
sioo sum of the undl&eloscd pr1" klgf, ond pol­
lution starts with the clgii.n•H4f, tlu, napl<m, t/w,
water fm,cet running kllo, t/14 bric-a-mar., ond
ends with a biosphere graoryord . • • th,,
price of irrelct,a,ice in t/u, fac.: of a pl..­
ri.ome/lOll whu:h 13 rclaoonce: LJ/«.
of hii ,oul. S11ch soul iS oftt-u ouly as large wi the media be
la m�nipuloting, an Inst.once In whJch the ml!S,S(lge Is not.b­
ing but a refurbbb1,cl rnodln. The obja.,t be therefore
comet up with Clln find aluo(lmenl ouly in contrast, lr01ty
01 pu,-ado., but oone in grn(!8, harmony, tran•Cffllden�.
Piuodor., Irony, coolrast 111u proto-estlwtiC; 1'hcy CM
only rrun1t1 or 1yndU'llnll.c, punctuate or sha.rpt'll, but c:un­
not be llu:'n1$el\w th•· 1tull of I.he metamorphosis of m..t­
t« intQ �plrit at the rarcllcd level of ffl!lltlou.
Our City.cape, i.re, more thlUl they ,iliQuld ever bo al,.
lowed to bo. like tltcxa y3rda full of brokml•down eqw�
mcnl. ln Lilli <m>c, broken-down homes shc:lleriug bniak­
ing down human beings, famille,, fO(!ietiCI, If the pl11nnt'r
pl�yt the •pl'llotiml" game o( refurbishlng-remodellng. r o­
storlug. l,e wUll be llwure Uw t bu "tnllSl�rpk'et• ls BOm&­
laow abortive. wi., ntt:d1 a maskrpl�-c, It ls s11ld. \Vim
needs lms thnn that, I would reply. Do we h<>p(! for a n y ­
thing l.,,;s tl1on a mllatt-Tplucc when we buy • au or • din­
ner? lm't neVCII' getting I t tlto alteroutivc that creeps insloo
o! us and 5fowly cripple, I.he b<>st which I s Lh�reP There
11 un i.uonte rCVCN!{l(18 I n tho woy wo step Into slhwtions
expectantly and hopefully but to be .soon turned off. Thill
revcrl!lltlal expect�tfon for things maarenuny clone, justly
orgAJw.ed, coherently rclutcd to 11U tho otbet mastetfully
dono I.lungs. Tw, psycl1c ill tLeti thwarted as thtt wmn ls
c.,ustantly brulled b y Lhc arrog8.llcc of gro•�1'lt.st and vgU­
nos.,. It Is th,i ,;en,;orlnl ond 1CO!l!l-lZ(l(! anlmnl that urges Lhe
ps)lcho In to withdrawal. Furthmnorc, t.Lu cuv.lroomcnt
C1111 kill pbys.lolog!cal man or, oorre.-ipoudlogly, It QUI
aiuso both exhllrtnitlon and tevorence In him.
1he enuilty iJUIJcted upon the "dep,iv�-J• w1d tho •d,·r•
elict" i, iu tho paru.doll. and t.be ewteutiw llbsvrillty of ln­
'4ll.Dg tba.t tho paychlc man con Ignore ,omatlc man, th$t
man cun really be not wbnt pours into him through his
..,,,_ after this sub/eel matter hu.s bccm re-elnboruted
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from mntter and slrtlcture, te.xture and cltmate, marble er
rotten wood, flowers or rats. lsn't tlwro nn fotrlum 1ebizo.
phrenia in the therapy that works on iw :imagi.naly amo
and does not pay nttentian to the™ .,.bc, bnl C'C)l)ltontly
to ,vage battle with his own anim.J,ty, IIIQIOlia)jty, lm­
pressionahility?
The chill of the soul is admini•tnw by the baadyman
of a bruml environmeqt , . . the landlord, tbo "°I'• tho
pusher., the moneylender, the aJoOLolle, tho mugger, the
social worker ... Unless the thernPY la htmed abo 1111d
at the •amc timo to ,uch c,niro11m<ll� the •uoo• c,oo..
d.itiou is there to sl4y, And yut, 11 lkl.llAI condllion will not
be found In a Roston or • Columblll as those ant not op­
t.ions a:•ng,,ieoit to the earthly conditJon but puasltlc ill­
ltanccl o( au alttAdy wircasoonl.,Jy �ctUttd lt>lo o{ ill<'.
THE l'LAN�'ER
Gi�n tho ambiguity and tho CXllllplcilty al the contm.
,,hy llhould a prnoa, I.be "plnrmer.» Le miln!Jled w,th
tho 1�dbllity o{ plilnoing !ho pby,icnl tuVlrono>ent1
t If IOmethlng hsu to boppen. ,o�body m111t be ih,,
dlrectlonal and driving foru,, not the OODJputcr or tho
depca.s<>,;olizod ccnporat.cd cnllly.
::. \\Ibo, If oot tho indlvldUAI most Interested and
"trained'" on tho 111b� lll:lttcr of organt:zadorl of pbyt­
.lcul structurea aod materials In usable patterns? He
might oot be tho �I iwpenonal:ion of our n-15 but
he might =II be tho least objtttlon:ible for tho talk.
3. The true scopt' of •oarchltecture" (orcology) bmde
and beyow:1 tho ahdtmng of society II aot the bolting
ot hlo-ph:ytlologicnl ,,wcntJ but It 1s tho 1ttling up d tho
both..'<! for tho wtaurotfon al � pbyllo-ment:u cir•
c:umslAt\ca. 1lill u, Ly the way, why Jl Ii lwd to put
h:arnan auhatanoo Into a gu IIAIUon or a Jow,d,omat.
For those, the lnt.;tngiblo colncldes with nought.
+ Tho Jwt 0Lsm.iu:111t1 tbAt the arcl11t«t•planiu,r Is not
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pdflciet,tly qoeliflc..f ,JtJe$ not canoe! tho r.d lh.t be Is
tho IDOlt � y�t. As it Is for tho lnvenlot ol tho
typewriter be must be sure that die machine can ttpto­
duce letters of t ho alpbaLct, not neassarily t:o mow
what ldlld of ,.,..,...go will be typed-that Is to aay tho
tangiblo eovboo.mmt, oQl tho eveots n will lffl"II far.
But slnm, u a partldpaot In tho IJS>·cbooalllvtJo oveot,
he is aJ,o on,, oi ™' information makers, thla aspect of
his work wtD lhiiic through or will dull tho total mos­
uge. This la th,, lobwgiblo aspect and ll Is OM of t he
rate lost�- wbc.e tho media Is aho th o message, that
Is to ay, environment (tho modla) ia tho soc.idy (tho
mc!llllge)
s- AJ technology u oi dlmlol<blng C.f)<lblllty (rellabllily)
the - complex I.be dcm&nded pcrf"'1n1oc,e t,i, It Is
qmto 1111tural lhat lo tho de8nltloo o f tho environment
ol man • �t tad: Is given to tho tra111-tech-
110logic:al The trJ•�•tecl1DOlogical bec.'OOl<!I tho com­
lDOO patrimoriy of man when It b at tho swno time per-
1011al, that fl to say tdentillable with his "author,• and
unlvonal. that iJ to ay o{ such a slJ'tOgth lllld vibnmcc
that -.fcin to it • unh-1 •mefu"-1 � Tho esthotic
ii the only category which li ts thi, description.
By this loug way J'OWld, I "'llDt to say Gnally that not
ooly fl !hr eJJvitoumcnt tLe lles h and blood o! somull(!
man, but as llllllllt:lo ma n Is lmqlAnlhle from ptycbologt•
011 1111111, and I.ht!! lle:sh and blood for him resides Ill 11141
trans-teclioologlcal. tho cud &Horded b y tho m- (tech­
nology). � environmet11t cannot be ooJy orderly and
frieodly, It must also be ertMtlc, tnuuflguratfw. Short of
ty tho envlroonM.-nt wo at mool be the llol!Utn.l
J llllli
;::, for a l'l)UlQIOUlolic man dcpri,�-d ol illr o...-u OIi·
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BULLDOZER ?vfAN (Earth �loving)

Our Idea of an car/11 l,l,d whlto, mad,i by m,in
Into a •qualld a��crt, a moon iN �lurlion,capa
I# another of thwa romantic and prU11mptuo,.,
1df-<WJCrl./,Jm, Th• ecology •�11b-f1�'-"' evil
man" u;iJl .tmpl!J be a mc,r,t 111/n..,ral l!CIWJf!.Y
and It u,ill remain ,o willi tlw '6l/-e.rt.i110•
""'' of tlui fanllly of mm1.
On 1he pmnlst'S that 'P,llllt rn:1kes life J)Oll$1hl" on this
pl.in�t Is tho aklt"nce of a few incllel ol topioU cro the
!tt'llllogy -w·blch 4 llOI under water, OOQ Is to be 1&wv.ro of
bow good the nuo,u must be far sc:rappln� digging and
alte-ring the l«-1 bo.Lmce, Soll deslnmtfan hns been a hls­
tonml determinant .s much as tho invention or fanning.
\\'hat the famwr IDllY 1.:-ani llOt 10 do ma y now be dow, by
th,, bnd speculator and, In geneml, by twentfetb-aintuiy
"l!uDdozer Man.•
Thon what the vcllltect WJd Lwd.:;cape a:ch.lt<!<:t may
do 111 their littlo enc!llvcs fJ trr..Jc.•,,mt or il would be fmll.
evant If not f« the fact that what tQucht11 1M land
toucbea dlroctly oa publlc patrlmooy, no lllllller bow
tle4n aro ono'1 awn pa� titfua to it, I n this contest, fu:c
enterprise WOWI ltse-11 tn hf' more truUJ j•�•t lnlldelf)llllhl. It
IJ fenlty, destn1ctivo and. lo the full cont�l of clvtliui,
uon, pl11.i11ly evil.

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To inquire Into the hows of a proocss \\illmot hn,�rig
solllld reasons for the vn.lidity oJ 1110 proc<U Itself I, Id
dangerous as to wage wnr becnuso one h115 an Rrmy, How
llfton this is done one needs no re1ninder.
1 would say that mo,t of tbe time aur bu.<illf'.ll!I .lhould
be the prevention of the soil from moving (see hler)
rather than moving it; somewhat o! 6 secoo<laiy impor­
tance .is the cuuning we apply to tbe proc,ss 1111J to tho
promotion of it. We overgraze "�th L'llttlc all<! we •ovrr­
graze" with bulldo-,,ers. The bungc:r of Llio Luter is •"�
SQIU(l.
Eiuth moving not co,ordin.ih,d In thtl �• schMl8 nf
clhn,·ue, �WI. wlnd, rain 1111d frost aotf11n, waler ilieds, ,oil
comp»illon. \cg1't.1rlon, atWnal life nntl soc:ln1 cuvircJn..
uwnt ;. not auapicnW... Cb.u.ic,.,s Unl that Ill limo it will be
a hindrnnco to the vitality o( the ,i.roo In cyru,,tton.
Earth moving ts a lnrgo ecological untlertnlcing, It 11
fustiBablo if tho resulting e<.'Olugy is "butter• than tha arig­
uuu one.
IE oltmng tho !nnd!a!(>O Is dnngerous for the l!CIOlogy or
the bnJ, and tluui dJ11gcrous f,:,r man himself. l,urrow,ng
our uwclllns- ID tho crust of tho cartb Is a doww1ght aml
dii:1.-..t 1uortlllcalicm of ll!e; 1111 entoml,c,d clvilimtlau wqukl
probnbl)· bo ,·uxy cllldcnt but also brutalizing.
1'he 1t1mval and evolutfon of I.ho lnnd ,pccfe11 II I.ho r&­
sult of 1111 unbc:11.ev�ble anti bitunplu.ut m1ggle. By It
beauty C()lIIC3 into thing, UDcl, wb.it Is won., important,
be.1uty 00u1e1 01 tho oy.s of tho b.:bo!der. 'Ibo eatbetio
kl.S.O iJ the child of the sun, the nit, the Uglrt. the wlnt!,
etc.; bury hvlng mnn and you bury tho rcuonJ for bis
sensibility.
We mu.,t ho llWIIJ'O I.hot tha utilJlllrlnn ll!p('Ct or our
sens,� will d_1,-<,li.t1� to lmpottnn,o In proportion to thti sub­
lloty of our tecbnuloi,')·, For lllsb1ncc, our safety is leas and
JM, W"["'ndmt ou good sight ,u,J II ahntJ., ,e,110 0£ �l!IA'll
Iu tli� miw· nature 01u unSN will work almo$I p11rc!)· o.s
estbc,t;c windows opening on the outsldcl of our phyrically
i:ou&nfng alcin.
For an u1t!Mplk, eondltionod, bull'etod, IM!lllcd an d
fully man-made euvlrunmoot lil.e the on� wo
n:aay !Ind more u�- In IIJl Invented and cheaply pro­
dua,d 111:t o f stnjOl'I to iupel'iwpose lllld supplant our blo­
lugbl ll!DJOI)' cleviocs, wbas& structure $p'llks of poor ob­
j,,ctlvlty.
Under such conditions inwn wiD shape himself Into •
aort of rounded cube, 1t bullion, patrtly flesh an d p,utly an
electro-magnetic �Id and port•transistors, Bo wiD be a
acnritmld buDl1JO b«tcr equipped £ttr the homogenized
environment o f the wtderpoWld than for the vagane,; of
Iha sun, a!r, nall1 aud wind.
To comple1e the forecast on bullion man, on" may add
tbnt for II society of Ws lw,d fllfonnaUoo wlll be lnstauta•
- and remoCe; th111, the Jeilttoring tcndtn")' of to<Lty,
• mial1 earth for eech family, will reap ft, liual rewllld:
c,uJi Individual bullion (sex a gro,<1 device or ptilnltivo
man) will ho buried d�p In SQIJ or 10<.k in the IIWlner
to:itls are found in ucavatfon� Tht'l'I inan shall have ln­
berited Iha earth.
Things IIJld organisms arc very mueb oonltoecl proo,
eues Why do wit and ,..,ture CJl('QP6ulale procc:a:ses? \\'o
do ,o In Nllch an optitnum o£ efficiency. The best capsule,
iasu.L..ttog. airtight.. strong. pressurl.tllble, L""thennl", ,ta.
b� 1111d pcl11lllMtll Is tho underground. Thus. It ,�nu
unavoidable that any non-biological undc:rtaldng of a
utllitarfan and productive watuu, will IOODtr o r !Ater move
lls q•W'tl!tS uodP.r th<i 111riaoe oI the earth.
Ludc � proviclt-ooe or a'-r timing malca masa pro­
durtion ro,ocdde, or quasi, with cybeniarton. !',,1.i.n d<IC$
oot L&ve lo follow his =�� Into the underground, Ha
must l>Ot. not for rca\lllnt 0£ e;Jlidcncv nor fur � oI
JUn.ival. Ho must llnJ a better futun, ·u- th•t.

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138 Th, Bri<1gn lk1Ul0"11 Moll11r 17
A convergence of dilferent elemcuti preacnt� us wttb a
proo1ising pattern, an implosive puttcru:
1. The spatial coincidence o£ llvelir,1'>!<� with LLe blc,.psy•
chic compactness, n direct oolllloqu�TI<'<' of t.lu, loglillo
of matter and infonnalion-communlc"IJon.
!2. The need for the pte ' servation ot o unlurt' wbosft «ol­
ogy is precariously balanced betwe<·n wh�t Jui, 1><.�·n
the fruition of about three bilU011 yem of lmtoty 1111'1
the intrusion 0£ homo Jaber, ,'(•11kl\:<l, ono wul<l -..y,
on tod<iy's doings.
3 . nie us" o{ cyboruatlon Milting l1111tnnncntallty 9R nn
11ver puwmul pJ,.t£orm from wWch ruau m�y be ablu tQ
t.,ke flight In hlJ •eurcih for H1u.tal11od arC1atiV1ty (hw•
do111).
TI1e re,,dlng of tLe pnttcm IJ:
1. Mnn ond mety will cluster in high-density crgruiisms
thnt IU'O (uUy thrco-diJi,c.mslonnl. Such nmv (')tit'.!, 1100-
n.1t11ml pheuomtonn, \\�U be nrch!tectural ecologiea: nr•
cologle�, the land�c:,po oC rellectlvc, wmplex ond Cffll•
t.i\'c m,au�
s:. Snth mnn-mnde, "thick� ecologlt11 Will be rurrouncli,d
by lhu upett c;c.,w1hyNkl", form l,u1<l, pnrl.a, pral.riti, dl!S•
.,,.13, wastdanJs, for�lli. mouritalns, .seas (w,d Spaw).
Tho individual dtJ.zen, pby8lc,1\ly nnd ronstnntly 11l tlu1
tliresliold bettween C'lty cmd country,!de, will h�,·e tloe
J.,cst of l>oth.
It i• ll truism tl,nt IRnd 0011scrv.1Hon i, colncfdenw
wiLu ll10 cxl�tet,t-e of brn111lful, lovable dtl(lll.
3. Tbe h:chnc;logkal world of 1·eMW'Ch, ori:onlzatlon nnd
produ�llm, will sink Into the howels of tho enrth where
pressure, vnouum, heat, cold, r:tdiotion nod Rtmus­
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n.iw frnm<'t and scale, will open £or seuslblu miu1 WI·
£on,a;cealilc horu.0111,
The relevance for earth moving la direct. Earth DIOving
wfll lollow ll\c IIIIJl'lt• tenet.!I of high concentrutlon. For each
IICW ally t.hcro will Le a oolossol progium of cxcu,·atlou
and p,oductloo of matcrlllls, ,and, grovel, slonc, oemanl,
limo, 10il, etc. Such •1uw-ries and tho drnlnogo .structure
of tho wholo systc111 will suggest, CllllC by ,'IISc, t.lu, orguni­
:wtlnn ol o major park totnlly man-cuncelvcd and man•
rno.de. Thu.s, the SOQ1 h•ft by the exoavotlrlg ancl processing
pl0111t. c1111 Le truusfonnt.-d wtu a f0t...J dt:mcnt {or tho out•
door lifo of the cllfl-011, for play, lei'l11re, culture and ,sport.
1ho lngredll'lltl are gP.Ology, ,v.Ht'r, vegl'tallou and the
OY.'CSQmo pu.·wucc of tl11• city,
'lbti tteW ClltlD.'f Will nut crawl Inside the earth, b1it thrlr
mot� will 1e<1ch, by r11•cc.. •lty, fol' Into I.ho geologlcnl oock•
bQ11U11, &1 1d thu excavated gwund nnl lrtlllsfonncd juto
conrtnuxlon matednl will be used for thu g,uund city•
s<:ape.
A� 11 very gcncrol rulo I would say that tho amount or
t·arth m<M!d should b<' proport101rnl to Ull!I thJda1es. � of
ti'" 1Y5tem to which it reh1tP,. L.,rg., renl'l'Ongement� of
Luid.ccupe, wl�•n ni,t ul 1111 agriQUllural n11turv, are nol
WMrT lmtoi.l by a vcnurr of onu-stury hou.,i.ug, 11111 l,wd­
lClar., that m1111 le going to ('f8alt1 will not be of a oue-level
kind. Thus, the:, g,ound rentl'IUlgemcnt will bo ovur moro
cunamtr,itcd and d,,(.l<·ndeut on Liu:, OClllditlo� o�tub­
�l,od by tho $CQte» Pl mllll•maue ground.� abuvu It.
If ft la lroe t.hmt tho elootrlc ago is the organic nge, then
the aggregation of wa11 tnto tho mogn.lopolis of tho mo­
clianlcal age will IIJ'tict1!ut., ruid supcr-uggrcgatt, Itself In
o,gi.nim'II that, far fl()m pndng tl10 llh!taoles to growth

phcllo ..,phbtlcatfon nro possiblo nnd clllcient to the ind lmc,wlodgo U1nl blight tod11f1 clliei., wlfl be �nidblo
perlonnunce of tho ptoductloo cycle•. or 1ww cullun1I pt1tto:n11.
◄• ' rho inliod ncHnn of the vc,tlcnl dbucntlou end the cr>n• We cunst�utly hllmmcr on tho CQJlCCi,t of cb 1u1go.
sequent tnguui.wllu11 or ipnut nnd nctlv:itlc, la tulully V.'cll, chnnge Iii nnt re.11ly rhe phyilc.u abihty tu l.,uilcl lllld

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Spirit I, �flltWr ll,lcomfng Spirit

T1itf J)r/1!�<1111 lll'<'t'n .\(n/lM o
n.-r.esmily tho Jloww, ol uvll, t'VCD thuugl.t somo of them
destroy frenetically nnd �t wil� bnt tho lluid1ty allow,·d m11,· reollll Babcl towers 11nd No11h'1 ruic.
to life within the �otures, the pl1y,tlml oncl mt'lltal str,10- If bulldo7a mon has no use for such non�l'n�e, It llr bo­
tures that we build. Thus, built-1.u ob<lole1cet1Cl! 1,11d tho cnus..• ltlll 1l1cr<1t11 or brrun-lt..�1dcr1 oounterparl is Jldgctlng
precariousness it carries may not Jndlcnte alDuenco nuJ 11boul u,atturi of a prucUcul ualutc aud uf un lrrclev1111t
rcdundnncy, nOl' llvo!Jness, but rorlt'!'phllll mls<ll')' nutl en• rrollty.
Yironmcntal squalor. Eorth moving stlll l'C'tnins the magic or Umolcsmcss.
Looking once more at the precarlourocs, of file, d•·pond­ Whcro tl,c cllrlh la movt-d lw1J$CJ1pllli nrc produced und
ent as it is on the topsoil of the laud, ono cnn IICIY ll• n vory cast, but, If one'• t!yes may be foolud, the ecology will not:.
litero.l sense that the task of mechnnlz,•d man I.I nol one Tha grossness of mni,·• toll wl.11 bo rc01,ctcd in unex­
o f moving e.'Uth but of stopping tLe c,1ttl1 Crom 111oving. pci.-tcd forms, from the mo,t cpbo.:mctul to the mo�l l.i1Jt•
bringing to a halt the Dow of topsoil from the Luul'1 upper htg. bul seldom for the better. Yet, If thore Is a thing
Lelis down to tho bottom of the sens. Jn th,:, tfl!Al C!OO'logl· which altords mnn an eternity of o sort, thnt thing it tmi
cal hnlaooe, the aoti()n of bulldozer man will ho measured molding ol' the earth's su.d'ncc. The fo,mlog of the cnrt.b
1,y hla IIh lllty to 001u,ervu moru thun by his nullity to Riter. togoth11t with bits of bone :IJ'.ld pots 11tt1 what ls physically
Tho rcallrtlo, not the pracUcal, planning for a fuluro kit I)( pre-history, a pl'Ot().bulldo�er tra. Oni, IN>pe� tl1at
culhtre would stnrt nt the U('tl<'I' e(fg1111 of tho v.111« the hwnanuod land:lcapc will well servo tl10 pu.rposo of
shl!d� wlth buUdozcr mao entluonod ootwMU cohl'r<'J1ce llllln the creator, not IXUUl tho IJ)l)wlulor.
and vhlon. \Ve lmvo U1e whole thlclme�s of tho enrth to hnndla
We ,-oul<l limn tcnal1 n tl1!11g or two to slnllsUcnl nature nnd l''}llolL We hllve only 1h11 tWn unswblt• skin t>f lop-
nnd bring greatneu nod spll'lldor to 011r IOtiety. It IK Ill If 50il, nnd lhr. IICl\8, to protiWl!I for 1111 tho blologic.J cuor•
!Lu gruett of harmony should desooi1d an tho earth III U,e gles lndispcn.,able fur LJo.
·gmvlty of tl,a 111ind" hi tho lllmll way If not llm auwo
compnWou by which w'l'ltcr nn<l ,oil musl foll from the
nhove to Uie below. One could AAy tlrat the f11ve,llhn·e
o! hum1111c1w�� on th11 phmet �n� to bo gravltntforutl ta l,11
ovoluUvo nod Implosive, movlog lowurd the C<'llt<'r, on<l J
wouId ndd nodular ond ribbod.
Gravity ill the number on" ruler of our llllvlronmcut
ns bulkloz<Jr man well koows. Thus, to &but at the l>oltom
I! literlllly to propnro one's tl\\'ll IJurittl. 11nd lbul In!\)' Willi
bo what bullion m�n fs niter.
Now lhul wo 1.lllve the fmmrwork of ll culturo BlJ<l tho
pow"r to bulld within ii, wu should pn1:k aru.l wulk lo 1110
top of the mountnln 111111 fram lb�"' ( forty dny• of fatt,
Ing?) Jln.uly, 11�som"1y 1111d 1:ompas.ionntcly wu �lwuhl
nnfuld, du•cend nnd gi-ow 100:cs of lllor�dlblc, lk,w-,�, nut

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TIIE SCULPTURE EARTll

An air u1U5ellm would be rmbl� Jt would 1'.H" a

modi.fted � pbane 50 M to permll t he beit ,'l!ibility of the
lnnd below. ll would ibow Lbo orde.il wid tl1e biu111pb ol
the ipitit ancl lbe IDllffl\o cootributloo of tlio farmer
tO\i-ard the t'Sthetogeonesf, of the earth, a tro11 tnln.�flgura­
tloo ooextensh-e to U,e l!8r1h mll.Nt's. The l\iontuna.Qilg!\I')'
lnnc.bcnpa is lllllll)' tl10u.saucl ,quaro mJlcs of ·al,stract•
conettto palnt1ng,..g,1lph1rc ln a coiutnnl prot'e'J of
ch:ingo, II gwea the liu 1t11d all but shatters the pttty
�H'lli of the earth sonlpton and mu.ieum dlrcct(m,
Li!e on earth Is locl<ed in tho uggttgulC. a (ew iod,e,
deep, that the ancestry rJ life (life ond man) bas com­
pounded. Topsoil amnot be manufactured or lmp0rted.. It
II Juste.ad dumped Into tl,e JeU at Till\:J wdcS-,ty
t-sled by mAD ln quest for immedl.ite rewaro. A topJOil
bttnk II a, essential to UI DJ any ot1- undc-rlDkfng vfewlng
thin[(• beyond the day al band. In the global pmpi.-o­
ti\'1'. because of tho quasl-u.ullmited aipablllty for action
and mal<cohilt of m.ui, Lind and watet <.'UDSt:rVlltio11 ure

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Splrll II M- &lcomlng Splnl

Duration-rompltmfrJ belongs to I-mg.
Frequency-proce88 tend$ toward CQmpliarlc4-
nesq, An organism Is duratJon.comp/ully orltn­
tated. A mac/W16 Is jrequency-annplk,,,udnus
Orientated. Our present society i6 11111 nwrcllan­
lco-complicated, It must mettm.orpl,0# tolt!tlrd
the d�ratlonal. .comp/e,c.
the r,,ll!lornei•••k to ob.crve In e.irth 1C1Ulpt11re. Tbe by­
paning of � �U.- by bto-che-mllby and tllclmol­
ogy t, not in view, tho aw.in rl)Q)o being possibly that
duratlau (tinx.--g,vwth) ii • paramch.-z N yc:t u.owouol­
lable by m.m. ThiJ orgruilmlly un,hrinkablc! beat of lime
ii t.be OOf' aod the IIUlle I.bat the lll'f.istio ,,ct alone CIIII
abridge without pre,ewptlog It; 111akiog lt more inteuse
lrute3d. Art thus t'Oruldered, the pilling togolher of in,t
and mtllre out oI the grindstono of Ume throllgh • par­
U,:ular ac:tloo, wcomes the l:nlst that OJAD 1tpp1Jus ao tho
eovlrouDlc!Ot to construct hli own nat11?e1 the nwdng of an
ett\iroameDI ID bumon_y wfth the living Ollln, Ono 00uld
thco ay that b)· the cslhetic '"uon, and respect!ul of tho
bio-ph)'llcal mlt!I of wat" and roil 001\IC'TWt.ion QIJlong
the man y olhen, we can net upon suture with nn Impact
me.i.sudng up to natun! lbclf, The result ii llD illtcgrotion
oE the physical and the meblpby�lcal.
Actuall)·, 11W1 iDl<'r'YCIICS I n th,, DO turaJ C)'l'fo io h\'O
mam ,,.-ays:
1. Jly faking the lawful C!tl'I\UUllt'U of DAlurt' with an un­
waaantocl C4$UA1- oE bis OWII, u ouc wbo oow 1111d
then is �ioded by an aclk> to take care of some
ph)"lologic»l fw>ctlon. The oppirem. lacl< of mlel In
1M1IU10 II, iu fact. tho resultant of AD luGuit .. number of
them compl=ent.ing md lnteractfug Y.ilh each other.
11,us, the pattem oaturo confonn, 10 when not tonchtrd
by man ii the eq,r,-uion o( this ttrultant: beyond
CIISIJIWl5I is the Wll',:mlttil'lg guldaoc:e of sclf•rnalclng
Liws.
A. By c:stablilhlng OIWI or mAny 01bhn1ry ordNs �ul to
him at I sp«ilk, hbtoric tllOlllCllll the! producti>·e, t he
functian;tl, the defemlve. the esth�c, the pl.tyful
ordrn. Jiny of those will be an ovemmplilkatfon o£
111.ture·, order and, ns such. cwstantly p,ClQlriou.<, In
buth u.i.stwices, mm b bow,d tu di&rupl. woru or le..

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Splrll Is l,(att,:, ll«cm1tng Spirit •

drastically, the existing balance, an �•!her danp­
oos and essential elemeot fostering l.lfo. Tbo dilrvptioa
may be called: po&itive, when by its � l&teut
energies are awakened, energies which will canyon •
oew cycle; negative, If pamlysis ls llt't In, by whrch what
was is destroyed and th() present docs not foretell of
anything with whiob to fill the fu!\m".
POWER \VlTHOUT WlSDOM
The exbeme of the Hrrt instance would .ec the mum of
the primitive societies of food ga.theren and buotcn, with
ap,&n, .ind incgular °"'
of tho £rult of tho oa.r1h (�
grlllnt, hu!U. .n<f vog,:tab�). The Um!IIIC of the l«OOO
fnstance <Xll1ld be symbolized by the Italian garda, ol lho
sllteeoth-tcvait.cODth centutics, where ma1! fiuptw rig•
Idly his own rules (Hthetlc) on tho ca.tult gtov,od. What
Is linguw In our present p0$itlon 11 that oo one band Wll
lave acquired th" mat...W J>O',\'Pf to Jernllke things In oar
own tm.go. On tho otl,cr b.i.od. we lack tLe fOltituda
and tho Funcwnco!AUI to do JI> ,ptritcdly. V.'o do not
blow wlat our imllgll iL \Ve are be.lCe cuwal and bnwal
in o ne 11nd !lie 1&1110.
?i!IID may well oomo out of th., earth, Into the un­
dJJlcnintialud H� of pott-We, or bo may fac:e oatunt a,
It Ill and tnnaflgme it as ho bdi-. \\'.iadom 11111y beloog
lO cit.her 0011. t.f.m (\Vfllltmn man) belongs to tho bttm-.
U man Is only tho rnoft active tool of euthly oatllffl for
ronoeakd Cllld,, then ho 8Jld tho beavor bcloog toptbcr,
1l man Is to tranK-!'nd Oll1thJy nature for tl\'ell more coo­
eealcd end,, then ll IS up to him to mold, trandonn and
tnns&gun, D4turc. \Vbat may be frlgh•erdng more than
the ,eal., of the c-!ld-,.vor ani tho mauy ,tfguia, attadled
to it. Thoe CIIII 10 be fnuned In tho lmplicatfcllll of
-artlJlclality.
"
\\'bat Is the artillcltil? The 111&11•m1ule. We moy bAYI!
on ODO band the ahhonent and unlmp!red suburbw and,
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down to th& 1nlcrocosma. the ugly little wse on the
wllldow lill. Or wo may Ju,·o lho qua&i-WU'Cal bc:iuty o£
a tcmc:,;d rico rAt'ID ol the Orient &WJ the W1U1Dth or a
teapot beautifully cnaftc,d. Artillce Is 1DAU'1 poculbrity.
That is what makea it iavalllllhle and so diJDcull lo
l•"JIWl'DOI• with m·=- !'\fodem man, iu ao otbcn be­
fore, bcape lmpreah·e amounts of artlJ!ci41 non�tities all
ov« Uio CIAJ'th; ,ymbols and �-an01111 of tho lire ho
J«Jlll lo trmsure 411d here lWd there timidly or c­
(uDv tho 1'11111 Cruitl of love ,,ith rndless cod.is of eclec:tlc
copies. \\'here wffi we gl!l the lt'nsitivity, the brondne$S,
tho depth, tho su,lllcknl grucc to lnlUIO us odoqU11tc l o
the tQkwe 114\'e gi,"ffl onrsel\'o? Knowlooge oI tlie dugrc,,
a,mlahle now Is insul!lclent GS.let.
It mA)' c,<!II be that we should postpone our intvr•
,.,,,,lion on n.1ture (egriculture as!do) u ,�-e should pott­
pone our quest Into the "practical� uses of phy,tco-bfo.
�buy until our mind sluall evol�c: ,om,, better motul
luddity. "Thc fact Is that by sbcn·el OJ' by dozer we b:lve
mid wo 11te lrtuufonnlng the earth. It ii more often a
disllguring than a t.nwligwing. Lea pow"r...indowc,d 10-
drilol did or do a far leu damaging job (by de&ultl)
and ocbl,ms also meny bmrt-611ing transllgurations.
Deprived by our own doing oE t ho org,nio pedcnce tho
•grioulb1nl todcty UNd t o put Into ll,o t.rmsfonnntion
of the earth, provided hutead with the still questlo1111ble
� or 8Jl exbilamting power, powers thnt roalre
man prooo IO •hildi.b111:u, It is only through tLo esthcllc
lrllmflgunation that "'9 mav oope to bridge tho iJupaae of
La•liueA an d aYOid the ,mmngs o f earth too deeply and
too finally (in IIIJID's fraaw o£ refereoco),
Some rl the perils f•dng 1be land ...-ulptor, in 11dd;tion
lo C111111lnen and dogn,:itlsm are •••
Sazue�n The ph}'Slcal contalnnwnt or man• • octioo
lqXll1 ruituro 19 fund1unt'tltal, Subutbia sbO\, s tLS t1 ..1
wti.111VU ,pnwl, i.udl.Hcreutly ht auy 11J.1J 1111 diroctlau

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and does not cany the stern and bco11t1ful mos,,o-va.lcmoe BACK TO NATURE?
of a pralrie, desert, sea, plowed earth, forost • , , I# a
curse on bo th man and nature. Let's act i.utewely, oot ei.­
tensively, Let the out-oome of cosmic putleoc:a (lndiller,
eooe) sw:rouna the clustered fruits of lllllll, bccu'tt:nlng or
di,Jheruteoing as they may be. If lh� origin waa � m­
dilfe,enttate, then one must tty to ruove nway from II by
the creation of the difEerentiate: tho £ulln"'5 of lllWl wlthl4
the fullness of nature.
Fragmentalicn Our industry has prescotiid III with tho
mO!<t letnptlbg varlt·iy u£ possibilities, I.ho ovcr-increusing
noecb !hut manufuctudng produces and advertisement sells,
n,c Ulousaod, upon lhOUSIIDds of pseudo>funetfons for
U1Ch, ,coro1 ol produc:u to 114turate I.ho demm:id. 1111s pull
l'lldl WIW ID tho tn1dtl1, of his own d.lsprop0rtlonn10
•torqhouso. The preor;,cupatiao of bow and wbao to we,
bow to c:Uspo,e of, i.l 113 great u tho prooccupatiou of bow I wlD bo the Jlr,,t to odvocnld II rrlum to ruttute, but my
to purchase. T},o ensuing ll)()nral and physical inquietude, undentandlog of naton- both in gene111I QJld In detnll !J
tho reaching i,,;cryw},.,re-nowheru, ls portrayed by lho forclgn to the ,ised 1111d 11buscd siogiw.s. Wbco I think of
atom.I.zed envlroomeat of wltlch tho liwd.icapo WA<Li by uatu.rul mao, my SC11$1.'ll and my mind Vl'Ork out a world
man l.t one up« t. that 1 mu.st label if that wenl useful, os rndlcnl nnd c,on.
Compl/ctIJitm Complioatl()D Ls tho slstcr of fragmentation. ftlrVlltlve. RAdJcal, becouse I mutt step back Into tlie eon­
The oompllc.ttod should be left to tho technological m� text of oaturi, (not the appean1llce of U) 1JO us to IIJlchor
Gufwmoe for modelt obilltles 4hould be entrusted to fo. mytolf to the roots of thing.,. Oonscrvnllve, bocnu�e in my
togrtty, coben-nco, rospeot. for the simple, the "Df.tural• lgnora.ooe. 11 portion of tho mountnlnou, lgocrnnco of the
11io tnut on some oforMnt:nry ruJos. Generally, tho ,en,. l)'IOCle,, l blka as my Srst duty to do the k.Lst I C4.D of ooy•
sitlvlty toward the land and wnter e<i0logical balanoe will thing that rnlght upi;et thAt habnoe 1 see Md yet do not
per ,r be the IW'9lit guld4oce toward humonious aolu• oomptd1end. Con.servnlivo 110d rodlonl, because tbe little
tlr,n,. I see which I, unequivoa,J in tlie c:volutiou or lt.fo, l wont
to apply ,mcqwvooJly to tho furthcrlug ol IL TI10 01,0
It would - thtn thut a dlnJoc.,tlc adstl boi- tho
n!lCCI to oonform to tho law, oaturo Is oonslnletlng and thing I see abo II that the way nnture moves and the ""Y
we go are not oongruent.
tbo Inner l11ws tl1nt ench creallvo o:mn hnl to follow and
\Vhat il ono sedously (even ff lgnoruntly) looks 11.t
concclve at tho game time on his own. 1'bJs b.u beeo so
ftom the origins and tho wsw« mAy tei.ldo In the ti.,_. rutluffll' Does it rcruly sny what wo Jove to bear? What
doea nnture (mlnf!Tl11 nnd b!olt1gfonl) �y that II truly Wl·
sity Of golng 11bout llfo not by brute force, but by tnm­
equl,..,col nnd undenlabl�?
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SphU 11 AIUUtr &oomlng SpJrU &S&

T1l6 geop1,y�'lcal world is a cl.anglng but not an
eoclolng WQrld because of tt-1 MJcr-p,wmt ,u;,­
fectwn. &di of /ta stages 18 pc,fcctly logkal
and formulable also. The faull• np,,.orlng In II
with the Inception of life are tlWI C1ack, /wm
which eoolutwn �-
J. I! snys tl1At It Is 11<11 1l loos" oggi-cg-jtfon of happt.•IWIW,
Cl<:tlng by sheer bullc, undl$dpllned and 11nptedlotnble,
bu1 that U b lnswnd • fomud,lblo "m..chlne," o machine
rigoruudy rell•rcguwtwg &WJ wt.kliowdy swuilive to
cluutg�
11. It snyi !hot nAluze'1 �aortloss graco is not spontnnoou.s
but ls the crul result. ur In £111oluouubk terms a spin·
off, or Its unrelenting grinding awny Ill the l.ol"l'tlal tfde
of .:ntropy au,d lltl'lotphl:zaUon. (\Vhere refinement of
wdure ls ab.ent. regreWon Is n.t 11,mlt and with ll, and.
not just <'Uphembtlcally. the vls.t of fate clo5ClS on tho,
t-Uusion we cull "life.")
3, lt Jay, th4t nature Is the birth and t.bc brooding or end­
less groping,. It i• tho live-dend bed of myrlncls of l'On•
swnlng and consumed monads, It IJ, in IIN look, tl10
out.Jr mambnu1•l uf o.n incredlblo C1Uture, multiple und
l!Ongruent, h,U'lh and im[18S$1onate, dreadfuDy strJct,
Jigllrowly unforgiving. unbelievnbly complex,
◄• lt lli)'I that natnro's romo.ntlc Bavor b In t�,:C of
the bc,holder. In fnct, i£ the romantic spicing • ges
Its au�IA� tJ,., romnntio btOOmfS ti,., melancholy iwd
tl,c lsoLatfoo booth of ,cutimcratalism l>CllLly scpantte,
illtcWgeaet' from reality. Tho mirnole of beautiful nature
II Indeed !nlinlt,.ly more m11SSlve thon IU'CQdla llng, of
It.
�. It 11ays that nature hi tho e!fuslao, dcafonfng and llfe­
bungiy, of a fnntn!ltlc drASpOra In myriads of diverse
fnilts, a 1ell,.fu1Jllling process, on iron llst sprou.ting
lnelable flowers.
ti. It aays that nan1re Is OW' mnkt'T nnd our 1.mdoer. Jt
surges wlthln l!Vt't)' 0110 or us, iloumblng In and SJM'IIO•
log us. It Is our prime oonsumer,
7· II 111)11 I.hot nature t, 1N1Sltlv.:, everlasting. OVot'-rcath•
Ing. lt ii ratlonnl. Ju�t w 1oglcnl.
To Jdn!lffl't m!Ul th�n within ,ucli rJAturo is IOmMhlng
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Ism we 1t>� to wish. l f "simple" nnture nt-ed• o rigi,ro�
ecological d.isoiplino lo work SUCOllllfully, complex man
nee!H an nltn•rigorous dl$dpline lo SUOl.leOd. That this
might be anathemo nnd highly unflllhlooo.ble does not
faz.o nature. It do.is, however, qulto dlreotly despoil, de­
pde. dostroy hlll' One e90Jogtes (on earth) and, whllt
abould be of some lnterost for =, It predlsposel the
!N!lting for man's oxtlnction. I.ad-1, nature henclf will
limply, If not quietly, pinch the burnmg wick and kill
tho hUIIIQ!I B.ime to end the lootwg o.nd the irraUona.llty
of llldll'I u<ition.

Tiu, ('O()lu/IDMry proct'sa 1$ a prOCI'$$ of m­
tt:rlorl:.atlon of rl'tllity /flto 17111 om1AdOU!ln<",<.S,
albeit, 1/11< re-creation of lfttlf, T/111 tpirll
la 1711, conwlolimcu In octkin, IIIC' aciw,i �Ing
t/ia mal.-lng t)f euar nl()ft' ctr,ti:n:d, lmplotkd,
compli::e, 111l11lat11rl:.ed w/,ow,.
COMPLEXITY
1'1uit au exponent.lully greater dJ,eJpllne for the humAD
erolog!cs II needed fJI In the uuture lbclf ol 111111l's genesis,
� mun move1 Into W. Infancy, the mon, ooro r;:, tho
phen(1m.c:oou mu.n beoomcs. hfo.ro an d more ho mes
lndMdually the COi'& of an enoanOW1ly �vo and
lnumalvo proc,e!!�. He becomes socW and l!Ulturnl or, 11J.
ter11Ativcly, & roUc. But tho more complwt tho slllglo n.nd
tho a<so0lotoo prot,eJ,tet hcoomc, tho morb numerous 1111d
complex the lntemctlons, thn.l II to 1ay, the necessary
lnfonnatlom, dl&ttlbutlQIII, connectlons, feedback, storing.
etc. Th111, tho more lndispcu.sablc nre t!mlng Wld prc­
pin,dnea, 1wif'mess 11nd cogency, npproprlllten� and
WllJfflllaning. mouure and Lrogality-afficicnoy fn other
wont,. 0£ aU of t.Lose tho biological man as au w­
dlvldwi.1 b gifted ((l(lndltto nna qua ,wn), OE all of those
tho IOdaJ. enlmal. the oollectivlty, ls pauper.
Thll IOCIAI animal. a para-organism at Jee.st If not yet a
fully aoastituted creature, 111 perlllipa the only on!Jnal In
tho maldug for which nnture lw relinquished the pl.m•
lliDg If not !J,o 111perv!sing. 1.od.ced hero lllllll accmt to 1Jo
Ill chnrglll 11s or that tum of llVl:ntl th11t has mado bls
bruin a dlmcnsloa above llllhnllllty, 1111; plaun1ng bns been
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he hns not yet truly grasped is thi.t lM Jnll)e •,a�,age"
rigor of instmmentnllty is expectedof hls c:nlllbon: aoclc,ty.
How dare we then, for irutance, even whisper (I{ 1M
city M the £ruit of n free.for-all, at • crea!ure oC change
left to the randomness of individwal idlolynaula? It ii
pore madness, the scnle and massivmess of which ·DlllM'&
for a perversion of global (ten-estrld) nature.
A return to nature ls just the oppc>Jll4 of wb:it It Is
pichued to be. It is a ,adieal insert.loo of Iha ,odoty of
man in the biosphere llcoording to the mleii of tbe g,uno.
It ii ddlntb!ly not the d&'J11>C¥llttl diaJpora of the megoJ­
lopollr and the subW'biM It ii tho redllooveiy of th o
COOgl'UC'.fl()I) bctw� US and the structure tha.t StJStaial Ill
nnd is our mnker. It ls the alter ego o{ our speefes-otture:
ntiooAI, f11.<t, rlgorou,. It it the careful and revl!l'Cllt
plllnnlng of our inroad into a IIUJ'llck or c,q11aoiro1ty thAt
1w au:rlod and dcvclopod itsolf [or ,omo bi.Woos of years.
THE Ul\'REAL
1 mo 110rry to my 1kt tbe llower c:hlJdren lll't! out of till
of lhJt u muc.h AS the .\fndilon Avmuo .Uckcd, the aJE.
as.'1U11!1Cl cecutfre, the Cabu.laus teclmocrata, the abstract
gcocnal, and the p<>litical meddlers. Nono of them 1w an
Inkling ol whet ls about �- Nono of them. u long u
they carry on the mnsqucrndc, ,llill get IO dlp a consciou1
Gnger iD.tn the tomontllll river of structure Md blood that
Is sweeping UlCID uJID obllvlon.
ff on the 4lde o[ the establlshmeot I - only eaDOUl:llell
worlcing out lb own nemesis, on tho side or the antl­
cstabllshment 1 ,ee melancholy nnd oostalgia, th., eapeda­
«on of a giirocn of Edco 1h41 never hnd any b'Uth tD luelf
&n)'way.
Oo the otb!lr hnnd, rndlco.11.sm JI Just whnt apooal}'plO Is
oot. In foct, in the ahorteood p«1ipCIC!lve of history, pr&-
1,umao hllllonJ of )'CJltS iocludcd, the ,wrp[og of the
technolcgiC!lll ln.ltrument that goe, on 1111&.r our oyea
might wtn end to bo itself an 11pooalyptio moml!lll, th e
mt flame of notoriety ol the awrgriodcr. Tbo •Hey,
Lero l am; hnU-wng. bAlf"50bbeJ. followed by th e un•
_,iog silcoce of • d1D11b universe.
P.AUPERISM AND CREED
For the ..,1r.,.J '-Yl)rld I lhlDlc of, the obeoleroeoce of
our hardwant Is flllt about completa and, u we ldeotify
IO mlldl with It, IO ft cem,, that �,, ouraolves too have
an lm,sls1ible bent oo o�. Collectlve pd might
be the d4w ss mochlna. Collect:ive greed c.in ru.<+nfn Itself
oaly by oolleet1\'o forgCII}', OollooCJve forgecy, frauduleoce,
mow oollal<itive .babbinea. CoDoctlve .babbilleu b a
chninlc farm ol perism and the amditloo It UJllUSOI
r,
II hard to amen The ooq,onited QOll!UJIIPtJon eoouom1
II the great ,o1!dt0l' or g.eed. "Your greed II my '(X1W«'
the motto goes. Enthroning greed on the coffin• nf value,
tli., OOipm•te power manlpultda 1111d ()()11.'!igns the bouz>.
tres of lhe earth to the dump ground, anc!JdiDg tlie
kUlemClltii of gnecly mlill. (tho 0t:mem).
What af our semesl' Long awash In the &audulait
psl!Udo,dlldoncy they crave, the ll&vor they l.asCe b tho
taste the robot rejoloes lo. We aavo flll' what wo am,
1111d what - are l• the fruit of our W'llvlng, \Ve do abo
cnvo £or a dlly, oonoxislllnt kind of nature, ll1aybe we
a,, lilly, •naoa:ittcmt."
I feel fl ll my oonoern not to put up With tho>a treom
but to go on y,ilh ,ml l think Js real and not a shadow
on Ibo ca\-an -IL Env!nmmcntally speo.ldng. the coo­
c:epUon of 1ocfal oo,,talners ..• the IOWDI mid tides tlut
ma congruent lO whit IOdety II meant fot and can find
n:.almltion within the unavoidable rules of mnlter-s)',
M I sugg�ed above, the prop05ftloo le radical 11t1d ID
tho loug nm ft does 1my with both tho megalopoly of
today and tho subutbia of today nnd tamarrow. It doea
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both of them do not withstand Uie test o£ llfo, Ill they

ate structurally inimical to it. Tho 1.0pogrnphy ol a IDDD•
made nature is I.he key to a workiog a11d cL,...,eJDpwg
society, What we have now is chaos lllld derellctkm, two
_parrunelllfS totally -inimical to Jiving mAtb:,r, Our tiwblcs
are not troubles of detail, they are eoro uoubles. \Villa Iha
full advent of indU$trl•lizarion, we ha,-o eml>:i.rked on •
ship unable to withstand the asSllultJ of lbtl storm that
sumnmds it. In fact. we are navipling witliout • 6Wp oo
homemade, enravagant rirl'ts. The c:unnwg IL!ld �•cmcu
Ult'\ might CD:hiblt Is c,f littl� ovall. They do oot amend
tlll' chrooJc 1mfi1Dew; th.1t vicliroire, them.
Natunlly, I do oot say I have tho w.isw«.T bc.,c,,auae tlia
11.oswer would mcludo tho s.il,11t1on of the pnllOnl and
next gl!llel'ations, nu. IJ not possible ewm in the moct.
C.i,'Ol'llblo of cln:umJtiwccs. \\.'hat r 1.hiok J havo IJ a koy
to the rlgbl door. Beyond the door evl'l)'lh.lug 1w to bo
done. But there l think we oould find tho guld�llnes for a
mtal"'311Cle of aodl!ty. In a Wll)', � gn!delion ani
j;C!lctically imprinted oo t.bc l«:y, lll4lllloch 81 Lhe k,:y is
IXil a aubjcdh-o 6ndlng or a gamo but one of tho most
perva$1\'0 ,.de, obsem?d by •·nature.• OM way to put it II
t.WJ, and with 11 J clole: Jn any given system, tho mo,i;t
complex qWllllum is al,o tho livcliest. In auy given l)'t,IClll,
!Ls live� qwwtum is also tho mosl minlntwiud.

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TIIE INZ..."ER AND TI-IE OU1'E.H I:N

ARID LAl\'D

\Ve c:a.o thi.uk ol the arid Luul u dried up sea, more

tlum - can Ullnk ol & see. as of an inundated daert.
The masc of thb prefC!N!OtW �t. ono condition
being lhe clcprival.ion of tho othcz-aridity u deprivution
of �l.'tucSl-is quite probably In the ro@lce-up of life, which.
as we t.D were surprued to llnd out In lint grade, is
�y made of water. Arid.lty ti.I dcprh'lllloo of
wdna:s but not vice \lel'Su ii t he Wit o-• ol this

T/14 kiln,tlu1t u/ler/11 ,n1'dga c/1111111,t,y, that
lmt,ml hell, lh.:tt mOMtrocu ftJffllJC<1, that most
tJnltk,l y g,-n,.,ator c,f 1/ft! • . • It I, the J1,CJJJ,
fndiaperua'b/11, f!:111C•t1tlal orl1,1n, 11urtuter, d c ­
oe/q� of life, COll$Clo,unei,, rc/l«tlon. ,plrlt•
1Jllll:.atiC>11 ... �oolut/on.
Of all the suh,;t_,.,. we know, and mon, than any IUld
Ill of them 1ogatbcr wald' has the right to be callc,J Lb!I
pdroa,y romla of life. We mlgbt coaddlll' this to be the
--=ood •uesa,_t liuoe Ju vet)' centnal lwpllcatloo II that
&ildlty, ubiqurty, adaptability, pcrvuiv-, conductivity,
motllity ue m and o£ life.
Flom life'• pocidoo then, lhe _, and the d-1 are
aritl'M!ical, In both ol th�. Ille, made of water and
"folds Jod.k:loudy ,priDkled \\ fth other lllbstam,es, bu to
8ght for Sb own Identity And perpetuity. In 1.he seas. tho

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Sp/N u .111111,r B«mnlng llpirll 161

bAttlo ( thtt aspect of ;1 pmint'nt to this pnper) is lo l.ecp
out tbe 1nli11a Uw<l uot pcrfo,.tl)' matching the lluid. o(
llfc·s own oomposltlon (they are a "Jevliltiou" &om the
orlpn41 broth and the na.ke!d proto-lif., fuspendrd In It).
lo tlic dc,scrt. the !Nttlc Is lo kec;-p in its own strictl)'
rnr.asun:d and crunnillgly b'Wlnled Buld.s, 1111 ln11QV111ion
who$c O<'Cllntmee wu ncthlng 1- than Lh,o interf.orimtilln
of the =· acltlt1ttd by O\'eJ)" si.ugle orgnrusn,, the ndwal
lmbilk lo\cution ol a wet, pe.aonolii<l'l unhct1e C11r the
ad�t of e.'l('b andlvldual orgouusm.

LIFE AS A \\'ET UNIVERSE

\\'at,•r I, Ml 11011r/.,hmrnl, II I• tl,c (rtdl$pnlfa­
bk• 1""�11C"· ''"' ,_,y rm'dia, t/10 rtlM
1•m,ror/Qe l,ul/Jlntt. block. OJ 1uch wu,.
m,ut I,.; °'"" =dliu that go fl1r th,: ct1n.
u,.,,,..,,..,,
11roctw11 of o ,,,. 111ol
T� I, a latl(c lrrclCtlOl>Ct> /11 many of ,,..
Mlnqfftn.ilo«"' dDlngt of ma11. On11 of then II
tlui ,ul,urban limbo. T1u:r,· ltfc l.t IOOllng to
fntrf>p!J, ,plrlt la loM/ng to malt�,, /tg/u to
olu,.,,,w,tl>m,
Ai the pl:.net hu its own 011tM <ens, not tn0re th11n
a DuJd vcil charged with chmnJt:nls. so lho orgMlsto is w.a
.,._i�ooo of •,placnual" acas, containing llaa fmgrneuta of
10ltd mntt,,r di� in .stnactnnal, 11pffllln'I! 11nd tntrr­
kd:lng nwn·uls. nl(l le1ttpc,mt11re, Lho <'Ol'llpos!Uon llnd
the morphology of c.-u.:h sea is rigorously maiut.,lu�-J
within stritt limits. Jt would appq.r dam evl�'lll tlutt the
enmity ol lifo or the lllnd envlronmt'nt. and more pct·
tlncutly of the arid 1md ct1\'U'ODJlllllll, is .far moro acute
lhllll the elllllity of 1.be seas as t.b., seas and the living
btlong to • wet universe; I.he 11tid Lmd belongs to n
wawr Jcpri,""1 unlvcnc.
To nunfnmt this 9f!Ulltion th� Is tl, c fact lhill the
11e1 la not oaly the en\in>nment for Ix-In!:$ made of
m� ri:ada of rni11latudu-d ICU, but It ls alfo lo ll grent
clq:n,c die lllOl.'lt pervasive Jogist.lcal agent '<ll'\-utg ,u<h
beings. :Sot Qn �t point u, wht_n d.:;wng with t b e
mbian life, logirtlc, come out Co be at tho m.ax o f t he
Dllltte:. \V,1tcr a.a tho t'amcr of d,c (ood 11nd tl1e "'·aswt
wbosc, C10DJ11111er and ccrl'tm me too a11iwAI 11.tad v�<ct.ul
organl.'lln!. It is the moo oom(llrta delivery sy,stem thalt
ew,r ulated oo en.rth. It not only dcli,1!1:S to but alfo ,n
Ibo organism Immersed ln It. The - might be not only
tLo greater purvc:yor of life but also, and buctluso o! th.is
apcdal Jituatloo. Its mmt dn:adful lncltll.lator.

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So ft is that tho SI'•• ru:il the grC11t coldron of tho

living and also why ,ucli living might bo relatively un•
11Vr11tful. Dut \1.-hile the �ea, rue ctr might be responsible
fo, rel.ttive dullness out o£ lnck of groa.tor chulloogct, the
arid and the W.f.l.ltl lnnds 11ro rertaioly respoaslble for
emrttncss end dread, One has only to spend I.he noon
hotrr1 of n rommtr cL,y In lb� ell-sett, or n dny on the
fW.Ec11 tundm, to gr111,p pbyricully w,d coocq,lunUy 1.ho
enom1ity of life'• lumdlmp, vifi\.vi, the monstro1111ly foiml­
atl nah1re and Lhe ndded terrQrs of splllfal inllnlty and
tcwporul codllll!Sllll$S,

If t11'8 /1t tlu: lnsf ad tee /if>(' In, 11,,m 11ft. �
,,.,,,rly fustlfiabla. 1/4 f/Jilu,<'..t ara lt>O grCt/1 1111d
111 lnceptlOfl """"C too u:11,lly 011d cn,eUy on
et1<1tttrGI (imd thll1gsP). lf 1/,IJ, (wliat tcfil 11rr,
b1) w tlu.t orlg/11 of a qutl4(,.'11/i11III: TJTUNIII, llfu
IIM OIi IU �o l>otl1 botu,m/t$8 welu of 11.18c,-.
Ing 011d rt1dlm1t ,rn,t•U., of foy. A third a/u,ma.
tlva 1., t/1<1 grim tt-cl,nocroflc ffllbalmlng a'"""
tl,a 1111·c/1JJr,/,;¥ wo11/d ru11 fmovtl,ly o,td ,n;er­
enr<> 1i;o11/d bo dca,d.
Flll·:CAIHOt,JSNESS OF l,lfl3
\Vluu degree of lolly sits then nt tho �nter o( mnn' s
rnilld to onvbi011 lwnsel! ieltled Jn �uch wi cucmy letrl•
toryP Tue folly Is namccl �tcclmology� Md It l! not sheer
lolly ..ith�r. put one of tJ1e ex.lstentill.l (fato.l?) question
n�irks be,l)ttJng mnn.
With d�sert oomnw, o r Eskimos Ilic ll:nuou, llie tlwy
laid fl rigorOtJ�ly governNl by tcchnologloal Jcnow-lww:
aJ1in1nl husbandry 111\d domc.stlcntfon, nnd hunting ttlt'h­
wquci, to name tlu,-e, l t Is to the evtttlw.Uog glory of ..U
men tbnt in tb,i prison of determinism In which lbey
found themselves, th ..
y both could trnnsllg, ire t.bcir sur•
vlval, even ii sparely and hnrdly more than hypotlu:tirolly,
Into nn estbetio e,rperience.
h our quasi-solf•udjournlng nnd exhlltllatlng te<'hnology
giving us n power and n prow<JS$ lCS!! hypothetical thnn
lbt'lr,, 111 Is It our �rcl»e with It 1111 cphcmc,.,l 11$ a
cldtrt mlrngt,P
Can wn renlly bend the tJmo-,pocl.og ongoing or theo
derrrt aod tho tundrn, lo our ierv!ce or ls our opul<!l1t
1111 d only 11ppareotly m!ddle-cLus-shut-oJl-&om-lbci-teal-llEe
very different (though fn6nttcly bloodfct) lrom tho np­
peorlng-<lanrpo4t111g of tho )icheiu ru,cl sp9rcs scnttered
awl dormant In tLc i;till,1�$!i of u b.inh 1J.U11t•uil uuivunu?

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The epltom.8 of $egregatlon i, omorphbm. Tfwl
roming together of identtcal OIIC'llll (1/111 lily•
,ohite rongregatlon) wheroby each mMod
encased In its own fear, II ld1111tlcol to all
others. No grouping beccmu pouibl• thlll duu
nut ltaoe the simple charoctN of a 11wltlpliei1y
of 3ameness. No organ or or,z1111t.nn tlfl!'I, but
aggregation, i.e. repetltlOU$tlt <t, amurpl,/.<m.
1'h11 a11tomnhlle brgon o� a tm1 nntf h,u ttt•
moin�d ,o, It I• me,,r�rlzl•'I! 1/111 toy n,<1ktr
ttnJ (/ta toy "'°'· UI, It [$ 1nt'ffllt'r/;lr,g 1/111
inn,,, and thn outtr. A toy to d o b,141�•
with 11111 l>r-oc,11111 tlui ol,.itocli, to 11"' l111t1nr111
of i•troioal. Thn 1111tomobil<, II not n ml:rt:tl
blessing. It 1$ un a,,c,cal1111tlc ua1111>l6 of mind•
le1,, log/#/� and technowgl�l 1t1oog11,y.
And will <>ur &Ing be as m.1bbomly persistent In ill sway
of torpor and suspmuwd Ufe1' I, our d�ert life II du111blo
and CO(]lU'llblo Lhlng? Quite po,sib.ly ouly widur Cill'Wn
ddlnlto n1ld. Luckily, tbose =e rules nre ru.so pr-t
wbe!lo-.·tt the aoc:L'I! and culturnl life of society nppcors.
wd<·L'd; lhoy ore more c,f a bclwvior lo whicli the proces,
of llfo Ir 00UdJtlonod lb,,n a ruling md codtlled set gf
p�lse,. Tho beluivi<>• thot makes of any di�crcto pbc.>­
llOmmlon an ever-enlarging nnd bcneBoiru one, when prw­
cot. or a grnnular ond destructi,·e gnt, if al>scuL TI1is
behavior ,� the CIO!lstant inorease of oompleidty of lhe
living phenomonon (from tho pro!OZOnns to mnn) and
tJ,i, t,me9p0ndlng c:ontraotlon•miulaturizAt!on of tl10 in-
1trument nf'«lt/d by It. Vltf)' generally U1e alhw.t!on Is
clcstru,,th·o wbure U10 phenomenon i� o f n scgregotivo
lllltuni Ju 115 much M such oonwtion rules out the rom­
pleidty of tho whole by cutting Juel! or pnrt of Itself out
from lho most comprehensive ,ituation. 1n such OllS8
both the segregated nod the 1ituatiou Ill'� diauniabed.
The ecological dilemma Is, by the way, all tlicre. Ulti­
matt-ly il Is the en�rgetfc default In segregation, be it
menl,u o r physi01l. tlull Is the built-in ddlclcnoy of nlom­
lsm, �\Vutufulnest' is a fllir name for thh faJling. That
which doe,, not belong t o whnt 11UT011ncls It J• lost to It.
A grei.t Wllltc, but not tlm only 0110, beooune of the
energy robbed from the whole by tho alngL:,. P11renlhct:f­
aally In t.W, light, the car Is the gxeat vlllaln o( the
century, quite possibly the, groate;;t villAln of all t:fmes.
Cr11nuw pcrfonnnuoc (!solntion) t, coonlor-pnxluctivo
IUl(J 1.1111w.ot lllllnin fuelf without WJ emrblwnt cxpcu,e of
-gy. enru-gy I.hill must bo bortowed from tho extrn•
gnnulnr. ll Is then quite nntuml thnt depletion ond ex•
mUJtiou surround lhe grnnular pcrfOJ1Dl)J)<:fl, which, by
the Wily. Is dC$Ctiptlve of suburbia In gcnL1:ul and of
lluburbla In arlu 14nds In p:utlcnl.tr.

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We are not tuned to tM largnr "%'"" thal
oontaim ""· Nor is the 1100/,,glcul f,mz,y of
th8 present, an ecological wofar from 1/u, tem­
poral and spaUal man of rcolagy, of pt
81gnlficanoB. The eoologwol rot. II hlMorfcdl
/lM anything else. In '11« /Jght r,f /dalory
(eooluffon), IU meaning, and tu� on
qwte dlff61'6nt fr<nn the tnitant take, w. make
of it.
S1111tcl11ng o 1"'11dM fibt'r of p<"rsonal hlltory
OIDClfl from If,. gigantic flew of tlu, blofogi(:tll
II to laold 1111 willful on a path of dMttriy.
Tiu, lack Ill a.ucrtlon of C11nt� wiUfuhw,,,
forgOtJ1 the lndlolduol. Tha lack of pMional
tJ,iminy forgan man cu ari �lutlanary pha­
nomcman.
' ' . ' .' .
LOSS OF AIM
The .uburbAn frngmootntion ls dcllnitely pllrt of th e
lug« mlrago of freedom nnd indCJ:lClldenoe unhlngt'd
from tlJo pc:rvasivo and stringent demonds of lhnt ronllty
POW Eaahlcmably ciillcd "ooos.r-tc:m:• The "negation" la ill•
deod f11t rnoto Pnoompn.mng aJ II Invest, not only the
Snatrumcntality of whlt:b the ecosystem Is one of tbe
larger volcef but oho tho 111m I� of llllthropogene,fs.
Tho emerganoe or the oge of the ultra-rotioDal, of !he
ailtu.ral. is llCgatod by tho homogenimlioo of tho two­
dlmenlllonnl aggregute oE slumbming monnds ,vo cnlJ
•suburb1n.•
n,o ocolog!cal vkJousn�-ss of lho suburban diaspora
promotes Itself int.o a dea(J.1 wlsb within t.be context of
an extreme cllmnte. II ii oot in our power nor b1 our
rfglit to wubmit paroelod IJfe to the dbslpntlng vloleoce of
tho lll'ld, the hot, tho cold. I! and when W1! ao do, we
p11t <>urselvoa out of the congruence among the llvtog nnd
between tho living nod tho miuW'lll The end result ls,
aooner or later, dlsastel'-the double disaster of brittleness
and omwdlly,
I n the arlcl land, mnn must go the ,vny of the ettcU:
density, corpo,lty, hi•dlmen$lowtlity . . . all a�t ln
auburh!11. A$ I was trying to point out in lhe beglnnJng,
aeua Md dcsL'1'1$ a.tel two llltt.rcmcs. lu thu SCll.S, IJfo must
11,cht tc> ket'p water wide ita orgnrusm. In the orrcstcd
IITe of the desert where tho green ll!o rises from denth
for a li!Ort JPCll a!tw: every good rain nod whore animal
lifo II in a deadly grunu of hldo 11IJd seek bctwC\lll itself
and the ,un, the only (visible) living thing th1tt goes on
andauntecl And dcflnnt is tho cnctus. Tho onctus ha. n
tough and qWlll-lmpemiooble sklo nnd a body full of
__., a body which lJ voluminous, aolJd, thick. lo It the
quotient 1Ufflloe volnmo 1, th e smallett nchlllVllb!e In the
wgetal kingdDl!l. We would be mlstnken If we compnred
tbo a1ch.u to 01111 orguntffl\, mnn, And sny tl,nt those
llme clu,nictcrlllic:J nro of mun 11nd !hut oonsequuntly

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The mum to nature ts abo,d tlie 01,po&itti of
what it i8 pictured to be. It " Ibo •�
of congruellC8 between th11 pan and 1M uihola,
It ts the reconnectioll af tlu. � lo tJwt ,_.
mfty of the cos,nos. But It la fi,� tho
careful and reverent pla1,nlng of one·, ou,,i
spec/81 mto fu/tlres of eo,,, 1,1g1,et deg,."' qJ
improbabl'Uty.
To coM1n1t:I II for man to ,ffirm d,ffnr:nlUJIIDfl
mtcl ID rlltiJ't ""3oc1atlori. Tho lndlffill'fflee of
,,_ llfflWf'IIO • rponga· 11111/'1 nJCn w#tm M
cont1rw:u. In fact, uJum ho tJOnltnlda pvrpo#-
1-lg or nwJrlously, ho �mply maaq""1'0lln
em,.U,- 1"'1h UXJ#Cfulna,, Ho UION '° 111
fc pc,potuatc tJ,. lndi6rmice of IJl6 mlMral
COIIIIOlf, c,ndfflnlnhlg al th11 ooro the d«lloalwn
of Ii/a lo •tor,:njng.•
aum fJ mAde for the desert. TIKI ffll$0tl1 lll1I ob\cious. The
clyllAm!cs and the Intensity of the hWUM orgmlsms 11n;
IDcompl.rUbly more denwiding than lhoso ot tho cactw.
Hence, the IU{'PO't �am for ooo an not. COWpUablo 1n
-10 llll d C!COlogicll lrop.,ct to tho,;«, of the othl-,r. Tho
fad iJ thut tho 90CiA.kultwul boundarin of IJUlll an,
whm! the •aty limits are.• Then the I\D4logy ls fruitful
"hffl lhfS Cl\ctus IS � DOt to the single organism
but to the body of -icty. 1h41 physical instrument ,,a
all the tvwn and tho dty. Thry are, comparatively
,peaking, a most primitl,·c, orgnnlsm. given yet to torpid
life only dimly CIODSclou• oE tLezruelvee; a fitting dt.'SCrip­
tica or tho mctus. (How often do w�, pwt of tho city,
think as dllzen11')
\'illagos, toww, cities of tho arid 11.od wb4:u and whcro
the-)· am be a«eptecl b y the ecological syat� must
praent tbt-mtelwis o.s l.ttgt>. tri-dimerulonnl, u,Jf.,i;heltering
boclics. int<'riori-1 -� of •wetn.,a,� sLnde IIDd logistics,
not &t Oll!IN iwnmered b1· the hot air Into the hotter
d11Jt <II th" earth or n.a.iled i,ozen into Its frozen crwt. In
botli -• tho pdoe ill not "orth U.., chance aod the
lingering life that tb<-y might $U$Wn ha., no future.

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M 1111 il1U51:nltlan. pcrhap, It II of IOfflO use to go to

The occ11nr.rice a f the nl£tllal •t:xplodrm; tMI
Is to $OIJ, the powerful 11,ru.t of Ill{! """"'"'
pro�/1S boyond the phvrical l,am,n of 1h11
minerol world, '8 directly J.:p,mdcnt on 1M
0011trootion of the ph11s1otll tool., Qdopkd by
the mirid. It Ls as If the llpll'II of u..Jtlch matter
Is ten1WUtly pervaded U)OfJ/d ""'"• "u, IIJd'
and octloate a reality onlv ccflllfl at,vd,d 0111
of the stfficture uf matter lf.•,.,/f by the f""1ilt»
ble pressure of complen{,,c:,aUon-tnbtlalurf:4.
tloll.
tho llmlt alld oonsfc.lcir an urban systeui fQICltltf to m.ht In
the hanbtst of aD cnvtroomeuts, tJui nolHlnvirvnmeat of
1fA0II, a city astffllid, an alteromQ, Here ani 111mo or tho
c,n!-,t cbarac4.amtlcl of ,uch a b)-pothet!cal city;
1. Rigorous �t witJJ.ln & membnma sepltl'Aling
being fr0m non-be.ing.
a. The Inward odrutaUon of a community physically
standing bead to beod aloog tho axis of rotation.
:,.. The colndcidlell of amptlnl-ss '"th deoth, tl10 loooll­
ocss of tbo livlog bt bl tho aolld black of tho
nnlv-1 IIK'ga-rnachlno.
4 Tho -Wlt � of the tnmdonnatioos In tho do­
taJJ:, ol tho system within a giveo and gew:raDy un ­
changing macro-1)-llem (the asteroid).
S, The tntu{orwaa, of instnunont.ality to acoommodato
diffemtl func:tloos.
6. The definition <If Its °"'"' llCIOlogy and tho �lance of
lho gcnenJ per!omw,c,e "' It.
7. The self.reliiwc,: 1Jccel,>l&t)' for a 1ystem almOlt aban­
dooecl � lbl own l'IIIOorces in a bostile en,m>o.mmt
(tho ■1-anoa of one).
8. The rvundneN l7f I.Le tasb to pnform CDCJ&utblly,
btologiwly, mmmlly.
� The evident dcpandcnce o£ everyone on l"llffYOMe!Je,
moJdng the whole uomlslabbly an argat1i110 wbo,o
organs perform glWn but "Bllld" bl<b.
10. The eoil)cld"'hte or c,qw'ty and con� lo • mlc:ro­
OOIUIOI when, to be a Iroo •gent ooloclde1 witi1 com ­
pldo rcsponslblllty.
11. Flnally, tho rigor of tho nJJ. or cor:nplexity-mlnla-­
luriudon roflecled by all or those cbanictcristica.

'DIE PERSONAL, 'IBE t.-VOLtrrIONARY

AD this dnunallUI the mark fact that we ani aa relevant
1lllh our lives u much and no more than bow we mab

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ltf an of d1tim.se1( is prom1:lhr-"or1nd, TM
bm1dage11 being the sac/al, pollt/cal, cuJ1ural,
,n,rSl»la� entangkiments u:lllitn ti� .,�ci.:,.
ltfan of the unh>erse is promtllwru-bwnd Id
tho power of two for who,ri Ilic l,«111<111 bend­
ages are ooercosi or undetlltkll by 1/,0 /Ulio­
fPM1'B, the biosphetc, and are lmrrut,.,,.d In 11.o
immunse oots of the CMmUs. Af1111 of llur llfll­
fler�e '8 the 011ly man who lia. o f«turt1.
1114 ecology "mlnpoda ltOII man• teal lfmply
bP a "'""" "mincrur ecology. anti lt'moin w
1;11tll ,1.. «lf-tttl11C1lon of ,1,., /atnlly II/ m,m,
Then In her Plt'II quiet, Jcmnldabl,, -1 Wl­
arrl',tab1" IC<l!f, nalurq I.Dill ,wing bocJ. to tlia
pn:l111man ccnd.lthm, a littZ. wtM:rP A lltt/4
ilU1rin In f11t11r11, u·lth the t:p/lC<k of man
atel,iood among tlw other countl.u one,, UtWI
af the 1l1«tC61, and mod daring.
.Randomnen can "- defined o, 1h11 fr,,°'lom ttf
11111 non-pil.l'p(UC/ul, If OM denkt pwpo,,11 In
TIIIJII, one is right In ,aytng that lia behau.l
a.I random. Tlu:n our fr�dDtn Li ll«n.te,
- not only within the rmtert of the us and I\Q\,•. \\itb
diclr loads ol Caimea, justke. wcll-beuig. etc., but abo
withlD the, larger cooled ol an ever,p,-t 111ppo.-tlng or
c:rmblng aatute, the unlvenc of matter, � and life
that bu made us :liugl�bandedly IIO to speak, In our
twtwm and fanwtic begll'llling and which la no lea
partmtoc,sly ovtniding any folly we pe,peca!e, lo spito
of our igDonn0e of it \Ve must remGll1bcr that the timo
beat of ..Uty es • whole Is tncoalml!nsun.bly looger thu.n
our single little lllclcers , but tluit at the same time Is the
nnnulollve drect of what tb05I? Olclc<ff are and do
that put$ the �bWty of tho fttbue, which Is most
al what life dOl!I with ounel\'d, ,qu1m1 oa the sbowdoa
of ad, geo,en.tjon.
The c:zioanlly of our teSpODSlbll.lty wtD reveal lllclf ln
tho c:ieu, we will hav" aaosed many gc:oeratloo, ahead
of us; Ou,- lDdiff� fflOIUlS not only to be dimly alh·e
but lt - aho to be killers In tho most ,'IICious of -}'I
as ft oonbilna 1111 ultlmate oegadon of a future [or the
p1,..,,,,.,_ of ow,.
A cloc&ioa In term, of ecionomJc spc,ouJ.,Uoo oC if and
bow to cobilm arid lands II thus beaded for oowhett
IO the ume �ee of ony alb« dedsloo to act clmo­
prding the cootinully ol the rent Tbls comes ruutl to
prDCticsl own and It focu,;es exactly 011 the diffeN!DCO
betwffli the pncdcal and tho teAI.
PRACTJCAL >.tA..'I
What II pra� for • corporation looking for c:laeap
luid to put up shop on, and lov: we, to opentla by, bu
DO "'lotion wba- to tho re&lity of an eoologlcal
tigbb0p0 walk bdwO!!il bclllg and not being. Tbc ex•
pediaoay ol the former wo call Wl'Ollgly tho -lisro of
pnc:tlclJ man. It Is lo.i-1 1M shorufgbtedneu of a
-.fmed and "" an<lg:tnl speei"'ll equating abart-term
huibllity witl, dcsin,l.,ilJty. \Ve clo our things very D1ucb

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Splrll It Matt,,, &tomfog Spirit

on a hit-And-run biotic whfla cur stratcgltl• nre bnnlcrupt.
11,e W�and-n111 tnctlc of tho developer is a modem
equivalent o! pinloy IIDd what ho leaves bebJnd b a aoc!lll
111i.ery, aulluml doolh and ecologtonl dLsat�r. ond t.ho.t ls
a fllr d<lSCripUou o f m•llly docd, of p111ollcal ffllln,

1/ the indifference. of the pl1y8'col 18 l'f'P,ltlort'll RF.AL MAN

In the la= of greal 1u;mber11, tlUJ biological
is fundamentally the in;oct/011 of 1111, ,tr.rrumt
of lmprobabaity within the, orda/1l('u probabl4.
Tq kctp thlf mlrocl• of llfa gol11g en In wlf­
creat/11g, tlw rntlo11al bau of lt/tJ /$ fuced with
a106$0ma log4'1/cal problams,
Man lia, In T,/1 powi,, of raflaolion ti� lnstru•
ml<nt of a sclf-c,cqtlng "God," Such on ln/nnt
Gild, dl!Jfnrit otfsprl11g of Iha trlggar god of f11t•
I s 11,a s,1pcr-slruclura//�1r of a •tn1cturvd ut1l­
�Cr$C,
loner oud out<.!!' In Arid J.inds 111\lllt bo cmlnently CO·
onllnAu•d or tho oonlllct tlmt resulti. will novl'f bring
victory tu tho moro discrete, of the two, man. Bvolutfooa.ry
ooberence lnd!CBles tlto l'l){ld lo tuke: I.ho road 0£ Wgb
ClO-Ol'dlnation, great density, hlgl1 porform1Wco, milllmal
WIUlo, limited (IOllutlon, respect of land and lt,t subtle,
b&ltinces • , • nJ1 of th��e boslc ekments for on urbnn,
tocW, cultural and compaulonate life. That lie:� lo
convey o parndll:X; there wh1,re IIIe Is tho loa!Jt •natutti.l"
II 1vh�.ro ure will suCIICt'ed only when most
most lnws,sdy 1<1ugbt aud pursued. Tho swno pa'�loxt°:i�
.tlgma (of Improbability) labellng any llre.1livfl uot. the
gn,c,ter tho ohnllcng<1, the most courogoou• llDd pllSlllonato
tbo re5p0mo.

1 do not aim to give numbcra or pcreenlllgus, though

In the Bnal analysis, I believe thOlle will be Impressive.
I do want to present a position which I ballovo to bo
tho only ono to wilhslwld Llie crush.Ing wt,Jght under
wblch mon, tl1e hli;hest 11nd most responsible fomi of llfe,
II opetutlng,
For quite too !Qng we Lavo plllyod with expcdlcnoy a., If
It 'ffllT6 a virtue, A, wu arc barveJ1t1Dg exactly what wo
� aowed for generat!Olll, wa gee now the enonnlty
cl our UIUIDptlons and p,:osumptlons, We \\➔II put order
ID O\lt bou.su or we will have oo bouso t.o worl< with, Tho
mallange of tho arid !nnd I� nrong a.ad unforgiviug, Wo
will mal<e somathlng out of It withln tho <10t1gruence wWch
lag,alnt the living with too non-Uvit1g or else.
Tha f1U1ta.slic U$\UD[)UOn that economic �peoumtloo or

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freakish technology is codifying o.ud sa.octi£ytng our opora- THE QUIET GREED
tions has produced obscurantism nnd depersowilfaotlon,
\vhicb is wby the eOOlogical alann bells nre ringing, If our
parndlgms e,e not truly oompas:doruue, unlvcl'Slllly so,
w e are marked for the $1aughterbouso. Nor will lho unl-
ve,se hnve the smallest jolt out of Umt, but lilt, will; 1w Ir•
reparable jolt, a s life b as no reverst1 gca,s, It II w1 Wllhro-
pogenesls pninting upward, beyoud itsclf.

?llan toclny II hord-pres!ed by tho followrng <XlTldltions:

The populot:Jon tidil
Tho ooologicnl dcuoclo
� v.'lllto ayndrome
The pollution problema
nio dJspoanl probloms
The eoMgy•dcpletioo problem.,
And there I• overriding and fulfilling, tJ,o hcl1avlor of
IM>lving llfo rigorously trained In every one of 1111 mnni­
hatauons by lncreiialng complwty and, coni;equcnt to It,
• contnuition of Its Instrumentality. Thoi.o are o.11 convcrg•
lag la<.'twl toward a reorderlng of priorities 1U1d tuward a
nlD<lllling of our Intervention In the balonco of that thin
111d dolkato aystc111 wo coll t.bo bio.pbcro. The Aroologico.l
Oanunltm1.mt I am proposing Ill at the focnJ point of ti.LI!
_ve,gence. That Is to say, tho scope of my pro(IO,luls w
1111 be tal<i,n In thr. mntl!xl of the human, urban and eco­
� crili1. Ft!tcen )'ClUS ago all the �lcmcnts mnlnng up
thiil cru!I ww:o P""'tml, wuiklng and wldent, but tlw gov-

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Splrll it ,\l4tltt &coming Spirit

emme:nt, the Industry, 1he 1mlv=,1Jes nnd tho public

wao lndllkroot to them, l.11 Ii ,.""Y reul aeu!<.', things 11.te no
better today. \\'e � coo,tanlly and hopdcs,.ly L.te in
recogi,lzJng and r�dinl! to tho c-hallr.ngea we pose to
oual!M!S. Tbo crux of tJw matter, intenHn,,:illv • or not, ls
kt,pt under cvvu.
1. rupi,dfenry lJ &till 1 he pas,,,.�>l'd.
ll, Tho boallh of tho huuh of ID4.ll is not an end In it.sell.
For I.ha 11-.y limit,(of lhl, wapl..:r, the two aw bu
Jolruld tog.-iher by saying thnt the pollution ol tho en•
VD'Ollrnelll will not rec<de If Jll>l RCCOlllpc,nicd by I re«s·
llmt of the pollution of the 1<1ul Tl 1.5 an ovcnlu.e a-isiJ of
tQl!lcll!DCf.'; • m.1SS!ve and 001l11Ctl\11 ttlm of coPJC!lcnce,
builvidually mmcd 11nd uidJvldually powered.

�IEN"l'AL l'OLLtrl ION

If hy dnli, and brtl,.-,y offlurncc ran lntHgat11
th� cu11tinully l'f flou:, /mt f/Dll• 18 tl,nt 110rt1"n
of tl,lng, anti duing, 1101 yet prey co "''"·
IC11Cil'• fr-..;, o,,«ie� '8 a poUutant thaJ pol·
lutc,1 i/.,dj cm 11111 do"bki lcorl of matft!r and
mfnd. It f111,1lir tlu, c-m1'ro11rnr11/ o,id U; fog. tlu,
mind.
Tho empty b- c:m, tho dJecoanlcd n;ipldns, tho bvmcd
lucl, l.bo CMll'•growlDg l1JC and nwnber ol t.lu: gaibagc
an. t}ae asphalt and cement plague, tho parndox of the
cm, the drainln,; of energy .into lrrelevanoe. the vonaclous­
DCSll of our ooru.lon arc the (ru,u tlult 1llllreri&li 01 piles up
aroUDd the ever-wt1,1l:1:nmg ttalk of our c:orudenoe and our
1JeDdtlvlty, The dirt)· skies are dlvidl'nd, o! poor judg­
lDe!flt, the Wtby riven aro the dralw {or tho dlrty Loons of
• aallo111 hu1nau fiimily, the dt'VUt ..tlld lan�pe Is tho
\\-:utdmcl o£ a Ufa unlit for living. \fan'• genlua Is docay•
Ing wllhlu lho � of e<.-'Ologicel decey.
� the wul of thl11g1 so hastily denied by admlnillnltor1,
bureaucrats and technlcwu dtaln• l'>'llY In 111 11nd around
aa. the soul of man, wltlterfng bu1 still ali\'C, Is lh•J only
111111 an,I only bopo. But t.lus soul IS bl d..pei ole �
ro, a structure, for • sheltier, for a home, in f11£'1 for •
IOpograpby ..• (the oty) ... Allfl for a ll«lpf!,
1l>o true pnagmatl!t must dJ!Offllgage hims�lf from prae­
dt-al man as prlK'llcal IWlP is dcmoustrating ovc'I" 11nd o,a
ag,d11 W. unJ!tncn as a IOkd'-'r and clcdJjon lllllk<ir. llis

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i.g. ar.. for � ,hort for th ., stc-m stri,3� 0£ n•olity, C'.ove,n­

iaail. 1twni11ls11,1tlon, PcnLRgon, IA•trolt, \Vall Sl.t�,;I,
Madison :\venue, mas, m ,irkcllng, 1m� ,clling aro 1111 t·11-
olan,s for rracticnl man , . , \Ve- I\Tft all prndiCAJ mnn,
and liy trimming bod< to cush ru1d morlg.ip:o, iOlipocubll•
lly ,tnd oomfort ,ill of our best Impulilcs wo are left wilb
Iha dnclt•rs and the itonlf!j; rest-rvl'd to all by!:tanckrs.
Tlu-t<1 Is n tjulcl gre,,cl Lolding us to n qmw.f.m11Ueal
decll<:11tion1 111c dcgr.111latic,n of llw 1•zarth thut smlltlwl u,.
Our gn-atest prou�m I� to foco thi� llnd llncl fOY It a rc�o­
lutioo or prcl'lltC ow-•dvos for the uhlmuto gtnVO) u1J.

Wr 4/or, at tho faca of tlui Big llypocr/4y and
wwly b11t f!Jtrly "'"ound our,rlv111 1..itla 1/10
1'aropl,,.r,111U11 of death. Af/l11cnc11 ond rrpuk11c.i
/Jrt rwt vlab/11 &"1/t.,.,.. They IIl'i not, noi bc­
cauu t/rry mlgl1t not ba llblo to bring about
rqmty ( lndi'ed they could for a brwf
but bt'cattqJ tl,ry arP. lnazpn1Ail uf c,mgruity
'P'm,
w,thin a , life of ,,.,, bu>t!'lllirtl, T}w, U>C'Olth of
...
tht· 111/nd doe4 not Imply that 111ch kind o/ af·
f/uc11r.i, can l•n tr411$fl'ff't'd to 11141 m11ttrl41 u,11-
oer,;, for 1114 pruductwn of on op11lt,1lt A1utll6
cf affair,. Lifr and op11/.. ,,ct1 tira ,101 e<nnpall•
bla /111111111,cli III life I., 11 qUBJt 1q/1/111 op11lrnat
1$ a $fnlu1. Tl1p SW/o of opuJqn,:4 u holtrd liftt.
Alt'} LlTENCE
'I1,c official and proud nnmo or our quirt g,ec..l. Is nJllu•
Cllro. lt Is uot pa.mdcwcw IW)'Dlorc to sny thut ulllucucc
h not causing pollution, but It Is polluUon. \Vhcne,i,r we
tzy lo c.n.olyu- llffiw,nce, WO ,und iU faults ruinOt', iLS Onws
acciclc11tal and lu ,mu.low, negllgtblc. TI1c analysis is
U11111ll)' d(lll� by on� of twn kindJ ... th., afllumt or thu
a6111to1t•lo-be. Ono Is in the mid�I of It (often born ln ll),
1111d ClllUWl see il for rl.'Ul. Thu other will be l.u ll. with
Jock, 11nd doe, not h1iow It yet. Only poe;t-amucnt mnn
knows it 1111d C1111 rend lt,
To boc:Qul<' p...t•afflu<·ut, wo m1.1.sl rwlic:alfae our th,ok­
lDg. Aud lbe radkw mWJ scd..s the geology ou which to
root the ltructul'e of hil unh-erse. He must. not Just mt-I;!·
pbonca.lly, become "'-"OlogknDy conscious 11nd earthly rdc­
vant. Then ho will •l.ut to seo tllllueuoe for wlut It is:
apuleoc,e, Opul('n"" ls a rondltion, not a pl'OOC<ll, n ls a
�u of which Ille b«,om<>s tho floor one) o n whfch nny
beua- thing i.1 JmOthcred, Wo know now th.it nJlluw .w:c•
opulence for all (aooo four hlilloo of us) would be death
for ,aJl, 115 the h!o,cphere C01ild oot IICOt'pt n debnc.1<' of ,ueh
pQpOitiou. Now Uuit w<', tho Cnilod Stntet. 0 fk!t cent of
Ille populutSon of I.he plmwt, COll$UUlO and dlllitroy 50
par n·ut cof ii, exploited rr•o111·(!1,s, we- stun, d..ulJy &om

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the hoJ., of parasitis,n, Parasitisia has &'°""' al tho c,xpciue
of the soul and bus 1ed boauUfully 0t1 groed, bigotry and FJIUCAI.ITl'
ignorance. Porasitism is liter,iUy d"'-omtng our luture. n,o luturo o! hfc i• in U,e h.,nd or frugal man. The
frui;,,I nwi Is tmly necasionally in agre.-ment with 1he 1NU
ENERGY ,irho can produCll mo� with k� (i11cl11-'!trlJI clll�tlll)·) 1-
Our quiet greed is eminently • lonely fau. /U OM lt>QJlJ c■we Ill much of what he p1ud11ec,s is !m,l..vant, f.c,.,
lnt-apable of a_ctivating !<leas and produdng tlai running ecologia,lly llllJ l11uwu1ly ocgath-e.
sap c,f oolture, one sinks into lLc lwl,!t of wllOdlug lwd­ Tho ln1g3f mtnd 11 c'minently rthiClll. whllo produdng
wure and the acecss to I.be ph)'llau c,oorgy U,oy danmld. mo,o w11h lea 11 cnw,cully pr1a,tiClll. Only \\Ii, 11 tl1t1
One slowly barricades oneself from tlie unl:nown and the pmctkal finds \lOJllmon ground wiU, th<' rthic:il l11n-e w e
alien by one's own heap of po,_slcm, and ptuwcss. 11m oani;rut:nue llllil the rru't:ting with rc:ility 11ilhin It. 11,e
ts a lonely wu11d IUIJ'OUDU•;,d l,y ■ diiupon ,,f idcntlc:il ancbl probl<lnl is llOl lO hl\--.:nl 11nJ produce a l."5 pol­
and identla,.lly lonely wotIds, Tho lr,r,dlaew futrimlc 10 luunt au-, LO &her i,ll tbe ,1n<1ke stucb, to di<po,e heth.'1' o f
tho condition of llllln, A sped< of ton'<doumen Jot( wftbJn
our wr.slcs, de. Tho c:niclnl probkm II to b ing 1 th-1 ill•
t1ltl dctcn11lnbt1c, mc,ga•m1chloe of ,1,.. wilven<t does not
cL11dwil alind to th� choice of a sln1ctuni.l rongn,<·nro
DC(.'(} tWs kwd u! rodu,idanoo, if we l<ocp aho Ii, mind
•,thin IIAlure. ll congn1<'ll<.'t' wlim.c fir.it dt.-m.ind b fur
thnt fn I.he end t.hls SDme gr«-d b«omf'S pcmui\-o, hrui.l
and uvage in 1!1t1 enonnitk, o! w�r, dcffflse budgeting Jn;:ru,.,g and sum1nnoo, nO! opulence and frnud..
aud their tochnolog,cal 10rocry, But to w:spcur of nun l>ecau.•t' of his def11nlh fl alm
EcologlCAlly thls m=u that "'hllo rolonal amouuu of mudult:nt, l,;.'C:Jluse 1t loou al the pn:wnl lo tht, wrong
miute ond oootg)' ere dcplct,d, and Cll"<g)' ls not s,,1£. cmttm. \\'e do not stand at lht' end of an abortive ptoc­
rr.pn>d!Jdng but only 1ril11Sfcrahfo while dogradlng. the "" tlu,t will b,, cu11cluded nud {OJ!;oltcn. \Ve o.re p1ut of
energy of tl,o mind b n-=illy lrJt idle, Hut II Is just this kind • 1D1M1tulo111 duun of t'Vl'llts thnt st:trtl'd mont than four
of Cllefg). that, if lcllo, d�dcs. Tbc meoul encigy, lillllu, )•..,, ago and k, $«m 11,., mint i11cn..IJLle thiu�
J·now!edge. Is sell creutiog wbcn given ID othen: the luiflJln\lng ( in th,• L,..,t (,..,., momMb o f ill d'-"\·ckipmn,1:
tc:icl,cr Is tho ll>e:WAUttible IOUl'tt o! """'1:Y th:il grows the a,h�••t of m11n). \Ve cm, jts<tly i&} thll the wboL: his­
tn !tstl! by poumrg 1lidf tnlo the mmd of th!! pupib. by o! m,m iJ in lh<1 lulure. Bui tl,iI will not come to l,o
Mlll<nalwu r, the lopsklcd "'l'"wr• "hc:re the limJ"too autcml4ti•11lly or r:mdomly. The future wtll be ilio will­
physical � ovAIIAblc to mon i:1 bumod away - ful an,! strut'lu,.J tonslr\lc.-lion of ii.Sell 111 the actu:il proo-
lcraly and tho mrntal enercy, osplosively powerful. b h,pt 111 or :srH-creatlon. II w1ll ddlnll<'ly not oomi, Blong a& a
111 the d ungwnJ of • rollo,,. life. 0,...., abould remember li\•1ffl)cluct ol an opolcnt ,ode!)• nnd tl1tl qt•i� greed
on the path rut by u,o"" led go I, growtl1. On the path cut bn�og It and bJcc,ding it while.
by phy,iiail ei,ttgy o,., mites (pollution). Tho K"<1logbl It b qmu, (lOssihlc, thllt the f11h1n, of man ,viii b e or
dilcu1111a b to be £TillM<I thcc., lf it l• to be 1111dt:moocl and .-Ill not 1-w•, d,·(IC'Jw.ling 0t1 1Lu i.bllity or 1101 of all cl 11$ to
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predferunrnt or man and ho,Y co, 1r11gf'Oll-1 and ra.d.ical POI.LUTION AS ENTROPY
thu re.<pmllil lo the challenge mu,t be, but 11,o bilw In• ( Gigru1tisu1 as Pollution)
credibly rewarding i:hc lulun: o! Lfo au, be and ought to
be iJ the challenge Is seen as thu co1aly1t fur l11IOD111c,1L

Onr nhnSl"d word to bci round In this ch,,pt�r i• pollu­

tlu. Tlut it mlgLt be n fashio1111blo wonl bcctiUk &l1Al­
ia\,. or thnl it b shallo-, l,cuiwu it b 1...Wol1lll,fo, -Is n mat­
tu "f C'011j«ture. I am 11rn1g it Ill (lre'<Cnt the dilenunn of
life vrnu, non-lif<'� Thnt Lho fo,h!on in which life con­
q...,a ooo-lifc might not be • r�uonaWc •ubjcct is us
pxl a'I ATI}' lndlc:1.tion of tbl! u�ck 6.s:11ulog pl.uictmy
re;ilin· do\,11 th" midJle.
I am itl�nllf)·ing pollution' lo n, co,nprc-Lmsivcmas to
tnlrupy,: wd ruentropy u thn opposite c,f l'ntsapy, AJ
there llrtl two n:t.-�m"� from which to corrtidtr thr ln-
1pa/lutlon . . . snlalon ol mnm at othtt tlmM than la coiUl>n,
Wl!lttClt. �ll, pro!Anllt!uu. rorraptlun. ( \V,L,t.·r'•
'nln! 1'.w ti,temAU<•n.il D•<lw,'4')·)
1 ffllrapv ••• tbto ulttm.te ,we moch«I h:t th� d,, ad..uon of
gi
Iba n,alln ond 1:11"'1!)' of tho uuJvona: •l�lo of Inert unlfonnJty
cl compon,,,t olomrnt<: "b""'"" of loan, poltem, bi rrarehy, or
ddlenruu.uoo. (Wcl,,t�r'• 'llurJ New wtornatlatwl DkUon-
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(b,, extrwl'u! of "anlm,tti. piattes," tlic physlcstl w,d the
n:idophy,Jcn.l, I 1Ty to b,, even-handed l!Dd look wftla the
"eyos" of both, \Vb.it t 6nd ls that wh,,t Is pollutJoD IJ
ol,o �scnt:ropy for one extreme, tho cxtrw" of iruanl•
mute matter, und wl1at is polluuon is also ontropy !or the
other extreme, the extreme of anlmare mntter.
Then entropic pollutloa ls rho pl00CP "hk:h wwb
toward COJ;1ditions of acoeleralcd e;nlJ't>py, death.. Tho
osentroplc "pollution" is tbnt prO<'.est, the buo1u1..,g. which
Ylorks toward conditions of de«-leratvd or reversed en­
tropy, llfc. J1.., L•<·u! ruplo "polluti<>u• ill sucla froa, tho
pc,h ,t ti! \icw of u hypothoUcul 111L11or11l pl "l,o secs his
plms fcrr R lotially �•IIOfphous unlvctto mhot�gctl by Ufc,
tho 1p1r!t. TI111 pious "l"t1v!ronm1 ntali.n" worb most of tho
tmw l.opcl=ly at sa11bl,111cr.s of M.'Cntrop)', lost v.ithla
tho cntr,iplc pollulicw clood, as ll man l'retcndwg thlit be
Is gr>iog horna beaill!,• on the 1hlp going Mrt.b ho Is wall:­
lng 111>11th, lhn dlr«tiim to his home. The ootnp,1' lun:ite
•a.�ltnumcnt:alilt• 1,orb tirclc!i5ly at tunuog the 1hlp
iuuu.nd, only C(;Wll(],u-ily conccmc,l for who or what oa
tl1t1 ship goes wh!!re, as ,'OWduusly or not, willfully or riot,
all and ovc,ythl11!!: moves &<>utb w�nt tho 1hlp Is going.
"home." Tiic whip ilan.ls Doi fnr tho down ttodding oormOI
hut Ear tl,nt fl'llctlon of ft, tl,rt biosphere, for lnstmlCo,
f:illmg under his rc,poruihlllly.
rut us, lifo-splril, the lY.'U thc.se1 aro tln.tS: entropic pol•
Juuon, tho unwinding of life, or 11:rcutropl<: Jif.,. tho genesis
d tnns-maller, not ,o tho ,tnso oC twcntil:th-oentury prog­
R'SS IJ11t fn lhto rrn<n of 3 billion years oE nulutlonuy
etliacalizi1Uoo. Civcu thl.9 frumri of n:fcra,c,c, ud no mot­
ter how down�tlc Ilic stl&DCO wight uppcllr, diue I! really
no ahcmatlvo between lh•i two. Thli IS, by the: way, why
plclbm Aod ccmp,1s,,011 do not ooinc!de. UnUI we 11re 11ble
lo liC<l tho lighthouse ol tLc home po,t, the results of oar
<'Hort rem,,ln utt.,,.Jy prtl<:Qrlou• on<I thr g03l """"'1o c:vttt
UKIIC 111!0 t1c "prob.ibto• (tl,o ltlltbl1<:11li, Nor must WI!
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: The pla tform for ar .. . ■ Trad itional Archi tec. .. ,, I '0/\0l Ol OE/\lOOOEiK,E�
l,o m.)'lllilicd hy the lllllUOfO', There It nut JU<:h u thlng us
the llgLllldu.le or hom.,, \'\111.il lhcrc u b liar mor� glorious
and une<,rnlorlllblc. It Is an ever ilmrpc-r tooling of Ufe
vis-G•vb its�lf arid co.1m011 u.nd, ,pringing out uf ,uab tool­
ing, the c:r'-"1liuu. alow and puln•flll.,J wt m11cl1 -5 j<ly-llllcd.
of the Wlh·enc of tl>il! Jf>lrlt, the wset1troplo tmiveno, the
tnio 11nti-poU111an1 ll!llhty,
TI,«efQ�, the only bo1,..,.t, N.'4llstlc, prt!(lll8lie question
b: Dues tltiJ or that doing fosw the spirit o r does I t noti'
If It d°" not. lt is •Authentlca!Jy" rerlAln t h a t It is n pol­
luta111. lf Jt woro nol so, the wbolo, lh� totality 0£ the plic­
llOlllfflrm c,[ llie (mm lbe purcly "mincrnl" eoology o f the
orfgmAI l'Qltr ')'!tern ID the ecc:,logy i,f today, 15 Jan,uuy
1972. ii a lktion, • f:trc,,, n fl1111rl, • devn!!l11tlon, not ex­
lAul, no11•re11L TI,en each of our w:tlons, eJpecii,lly tboso
lldlow1 collc,ctively per!o,mecl, miul be i..,cu through 11
dllferenl ·truth llltur• IIS If looking Bl a lnndscipe tllrongh
lnfnmxl hghL ln.<tatKw:
: 1) D<illl the bul.chcr!ng (lllld wlu,t prece.J c, Gild
Jtc111
follows it) o[ a whole gen�tioo or dometitic onlmols, fowl,
bojy'i, sb«p, cattle. tote., 365 tl.'tya per yellr, yeur 111 and
year out, foslt'r tho spirit? Vf!ry probably, )'"'- lf by such
tuned uvagery homo sap!ctls Is able to heigh ten tho in­
tensity of 11.fe and oonsciousu�JS, Thero 1,, tllere, yet a
d.!bt of llUlll townrd Ufc whldt we .should £eel in the
row o( our bonct. This marrow it.1clf ls u gift from IUPffb
=·
1p«b11m1 of a,entropic pollutipn, the slaughtered iuu•
malt. It is only If the mumn11 of OW' bones is rust.ilntlig a
greater 11nd moro compo561onote intm•ity th.,n tMI of the
alaughti,r.-d MilnAI that wo utouc our ckLt IU by lk'Wg
•hat wo aro w e "become• the entekclly of the butchrred
llllmaL And. by the way, isn't the outmy ov�r tho fare lit
the coyote nnd tho t111gle, rightly or wrongly ncc11sed of
dianrptlng the asc,ntropic battl., sllghtly bypocritlatl, nnd
11 OW' indiptlon commeiu111'1lte with tire wosoiVWlt.'SS of
our 1la11gbtering?
ltci11 �) Given lhe lnud,cnpo of Ewope. lrt'$ &.1y ::,i,ooo
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ye= ago, blanketed by forests, and tho Europe of today
olmost unintem,ptedly farmed, would we llnd more etl,e.
realization among the saber-tooth llgf'T, mrunmoth, bison,
be= and trees than today, ev1•0 the todays of 1914 or
1939? 1£ we say yes, we must curdully dlilconnect our­
selves from everything which is of "civilized" nature, that
is to sny, all that whicb ls human nnd return to the Inno­
cence pf the animal. Step forward, plee11e, Jf any one of ua
is so inclined. I, for one, "'ill stone you, bt-traylng tho
spirit, you, a true "entropic pollutant."
Ilcm 3) ls tl10 oilluent-opulent dynamimi of runaway
tcc-hnology enb1,plc pollutlou or asentroplo "pollution;
more ainorplllsm or more spirit? As ailluent-opulent, ye1,
nn entropic pollutnut; the dlscomfort of creation docs not
thrive on chcmlool, ecological, physiological and lntelleo­
tunl BnfTPrln. Wh!'TI, for ln�tnn,-e, we drive a car, wo do
not simply polluto tJ,o air lx.-cuu�o of tho wefBcicut power
plnnt wo mo, wo pollute in proportion lo every pound of
materlJI thut hn< lwen produced and pr�•ecl to make
th,, car and to mah, It nm . . . from crAnk ca•e to glove
cowpart.mcnt, from ro9dways to bridges, fiwn parklng loll
to gos stnUOn$, from usscmbly UnQ to car graveyard. We
then better hnve a good renson not only for tum Ing the en­
gine on but for produolng and buying a Clll", or for that
mntte, anything else. As en tn,trurncnt frugally lmplo­
mi:ntrd nnd frcolng the mind by onrlng for the body,
technology 15 non-pollutant, It Is a�<'n!Topfo.
TI1erc is thon, such a thing a� a ship of fools, exclwiging
lnsul1$ and eph=cm, pious and lacrimal, or waspish and
dc�pot1c, oblivlou$ of tlu•lr c.111fng, or their deobt, of the In•
dll<J)Cnsoble utoncm1mt for thnt which Is parasitic In tho
make-up or mo.n (Item 1), oblivious of tlie mojt1stlc and
nw�orne thrurt of th� whole of Ufe, expectant from tho
human mind ever greater mlt11Clc, of consclownes,, undet­
stnndlng, croa.tlon. llow d11rc we, so plow, phllirtlne,,
cynks, b,•nt our h,e,1•t• nnd WIUp the future In one and
lhu 5amc?
lpltll If Alattn Bocomlng Spirit
U what we aee tel.ls us unequlvocnlly, beyond any
edstentlaJ o.mblgulty, tbnt in this enrthly cosmos the dis­
playing of time and history hns caused some of the mJ.ncrol
atuff, which In gaseous and oonsequcutly liquid and sobd
lblte had been tJie only component or n reality, dumb, Jn­
ll!Uible, oorpuaculnr, blind, unconscious, entropic, that IJ
to aay proto-allvc, If It has cau.wd some of tblJ stuff to
metamorphoae Into consciousness, then there I s where we
- that a vectorlallty Is cstablbhing itself unequlvocnlly
and WM1111blguously. Jt is the ascntropy for wWcb cnbopy
and pollution are one and the same.
To sny that this vector, nt this oontingcncy of history,
II smashing itso1£ aguinst the Wtlll of a fotnl nemesis, tLo
contention of many pious environmentalists, ls at least
peculiar nnd eertninly lrratlonnl. What ls it thnt mnkes the
pre.ent, tod11y, the arbiter and the executioner of tho Jm.
men,e Ude of this eal'thly reality? Rejecting this, as we
must, It then becomes neces.,nry, the neces.tity of congru•
.,ce and continuity, of self-preservation nnd development,
ol usaU.sfoctioo" 11Dd folllllmcut, of revolution and evolu•
tlon, that what b in the future h.as a methodological con­
tinuity with whnt ls In the pn.n, ns it ls the p11St which L,
the only extant methodology. The mclhodology tJ,o post
has had ooostant recolll'fe to in Its evolution Is: tlwt
which 18 simple develops l�lf into thnt which is complex
and in so doing tnansccncb itself into n new and more
forceful context. lnusmuch ws such "mol'c" bas to bl! SUS•
lalned by a c�, 8nlte, energetic universe, lt ls ultl.mntcly
mandatory that lt must d"Rne ltsl!lf by 11 better utlllz.,tlon
of such universe, Only in this way ls complexity n IJmitloss
andertllking, a, It has the ability to beooroe lndc8nltdy
mon, 10 by demanding ever smaller qunntn of moss-energy
to be Itself. Such power of exponential metnmorphosls Is
IDtrios!c to miniaturization. It is to bo noted that this points
to tho at lcOJt theoretlcul possibility of 11 Cod pohlt, con­
lllnlng In Its "non-dlmeniloo" the totnllty of reality, an
lltterly complex, utterly mlnlnturf7,ed reality: pttre spirit.

When such development co,nes to reist, the transcendmice
docs not occur, the "vector" 1ltsintcgrate1, randomnea
takes over, minerality retums , , , entropy , , • pollution
... death.
The progression is such n lengthy one and ,o crainmed
with miraclelike events that to dismiss lt as a oomtructlDD
of the imagination is stupid or phill$tJne. The tidal wall al
the spirit bns shaken the cosmos oil iti complacent, deter­
ministic bearings, and the intellectual hypocrite cannot do
a thing about it. He is utterly inlpotcnt vis-a-vis the vitall­
zalioo of the earth. Ho himself In all his oorroslYffl(lll II
n con�tihtent monad of It.
On such premJses, I would like to make the following
pnipositiutU:
l'ropolltlon No. J On tho oo-onlloo.te representing reality
nnd without tbe neoed to know wbnt reAlity ii: at one ex­
tn•rne, thfl *eulrOplc em.I," such reality might bo defined,
clemcutary, cloctro-mugncto-gravitatlonal, UDCOltSl.iOut, UD•
�ensitlve, amorphous, amoral. At the other extreme, the
"s�nlr0plo c-ndt 1111ch reality might bo deftned complex,
y,•ychosomatlc, sensitive, clilfercntlated, ool'.llclou'I, moral,
spidtuol.
l'ropo,ltlon No. ,a It ls incoocolvablc that the thrust of
thu asPntropio extreme con be self-annihilation, 111 thll ii
tantamow,t to saying th11t the purpose of life It to die. Of
nil tho supposition., wbkh life (the mind of lll8D) can
mn k� about Itself, 11>11 moat semeless Is that one ii so�
thlng In order to bo the negation of such something, The
biolog)lil tells us thMt the whole of life can be aeen u an
endless sl1'1ggle to l!nd � mure seeuro, loss precario111 way
for life itself to "remoln olive.*
rropo,lllon No. 3 Of nil manlfestatlona of life we know
of, tho bwww species embodies more lntemely than all
oll,ers thli thrust toword -ethereal life." Man has even In•
vented immortality and Invested It In 111preme beings.
Ilomo sopl,ms Is more alive than the other,, planta or anl·
mul•, because:
Spirit II Mau..- Bocomlng Spirit 191
1. He la l)(JIJ.'IClous of himself •nd of his own al'.'tlon.
a. He has developed ns non•Spe<:illliz�d, o, conccptuali�er,
u milker. Ho It t.hc leW1ling 1uum11l pur cxcellcuce and,
by far the most crucial aspect, he Is "compassionate.•
He ls the arrowhead of the vector, mntter•spirit, In tho
direction of tho spirit.
Proporilion No. ,f From proposJUons, 1, � Md 3, It ap­
i-n thllt the "g•�eou, ,tale" (1tmorpho11!) of the t'&rly
"formed" cosmos stand, ot the rntropio wd of the co<mlc
cyclo. The 1pirlt lnt-orporutod lo mall staads a.s tho a51ll1•
tropic arrow'-d of thl' �plral of life. One can then state
that from the "point of view" of thl' m11SS-energy cosmos,
ueotropy J, poUutlon, on 11Duoying w1d embllmlssing by­
product of the oo,mic megamach.illo. There Is not such a
point of view, H by the preceding propotltlon such cosmos
la mindless. From th<' point of view of tho spirit, whatever
uowiDds the 1plritunl spring of life ls pollution. Wo aro tl1us
fam with two kinds of pollutlou: ascntropfo pollution,
embarrruss!ng to "rnre mnttl'r," und cntroplo pollution,
ovm ready to uv�'!'Whclm and •nolbilate li£e. Tbooo two
and only tliose two are comprehensive of the whole of
reality we aro 110 unwillingly steering at.
PtopOIUIDn No. s &th terms "nsentropio pollution" nnd
•entropic pollution" are redunwwt. On the co-ordlnate
i--ted In ProposlUcn No. 1, the entropic end sees 11S
pollut!on the lntE'rference of tho osentroplo end. Entropy
pollutes liie; ueotropy "pollutes" uoo-1.i!e.
Prop<mtwn No. 6 Then the horizontal, Brownian, ol>­
Jective view on the hi�h�re's condition must be dL•·
carded for the vcrti011l (vector141) ovolutlolllll)' view ( not
Brahma but tlte ChrM) and a lot of homcwurk expects
both tho plo111 eoolog!st and the ruthless techoologl!rt.
Propo,ltkm No. 1 In the vert!cal-vectorlnl view, the rev­
erence for life dooa not, evi,r, Imply tho con.�rvatlon of n
"preemt" oondJUon nor Ibo rcstonit!on of a past condition,
but the transcendence of the future working on tho past
and tl,c present. 'l'ransoendence, th� trnnsfonnalion of

"more" matter into spirit, not lorgctting that ,plrit It
qualitative, not qunntitaUve, which ls, by the wny, where
tl1e Catholic Church might be chaU.'llged. (Co and multi­
ply ...)
Pr�position No. 8 There is a methodology to the •tnms­
formation" of matter into spirit. \\'h.it i.,i i,\'idait of tWs
methodology is the direct dependence of the phenomenon
on the complexlty it cnn instrumentnll,ee ft�U with And
there is an overwhelming doc-umenhltfon (evolution) of
th<' fact thot ultimately spirit is qualitatf\'e, thanks to the
miraculous power of mlnlllturizatlon humbly working at
the nut, and bolls of complexity. Thi, Is the 114tura) order
of things, as life is totally dependent on lnfonnation and
the appn,priRto re,ponses the Information elicit.. about lt­
sel! and ilSclf as part of the environment.
Propoi-ltlm1 Nr,. 9 Spted, the awiftnl'u by whl<"h lnfor-
111.1Uo11, building material and t'Tlt'T!,'Y nre tnmlfern,d piggy­
back or without Intermediary, Is the key to process and
growth. Spt«l, tho ,wiftncn by wbfcl1 tho respolllt' ln
tc.-n'ltt of matter (building blocks) and/or energy (the
fucl) b dlspatched wbere nt«led, II tho key to survival
IIJ'ld gl'0\,1h. Speed loads nuw with energy. 'The greater
tlil'! mass, the more brutal Lho •missile.· Tho oeutnno
perforate• the body at light ,q,eed without damaging It. A
cnr at lcn miles per hour dcsb'Oys It. Speed that build, It
the swift way to wholoncss. Sp..-ed that kills I, tho swift
\\ny lo grannlarity (Mllropy. pollution). Swiftness t, -ny
what ii dem11Dded by as�ntropy, not �rtN:I, It Is the ,ri,w
q111J noo of IHc. If swiftness cannot be achieved by ,peed.
which iJ the t"a<e for nny Uvlng thing. ll can only be
achieved by lhe alterntlon of the remaining parameter
avall,ble; distouce, Distilnce has to shrink so that swift.
ncss prwails. Therefore, tho ml'.IDdulory o&ed for mlnla
h1r!ullon whenever a living ph�nomenon 11 In c,mse,
P,,,,,mttlM No. 10 Glganlism, not sue but •izc relative
to complexity, iJ cnlrop!c, pollution of tho ,plr!t. Al the
Spirit u MalUr 8..,..,mlng �plrll 193
macro and the mkro are ron<tructoo with the Jllmo modu­
lar bricb and those brick, commuto and interact at limltod
,peMS (speed of Ught u tLe known limit), the more they
can do so the more they can mal<e use of their aJJlnitle,
and venatility. We tl,en ll'C that. macro molecules of tho
living tidne constitute a mini unlver,e enormously packed
with eventfu�. to which side lhe micr08ooplo *mineral"
moleculo Is a wasteland of dread and naught. Therefore,
tho larger of the two, thousaud, or moru times over, ls the
more mlnlaturl1-"Ci of the two.
Propo,ltlon No. l1 Sentiment fails man II al this point
one rebels agalmt tho ootion of mlniatori:1.atlon as tho
only p,th to ,plritualiutlon. One has to be blind lo fam
not to reoognl:r.e that we, as all living a:entu.rcs, are speclf­
lailly, rigoroualy, UW1voidably, beauUCully, miraculously,
concretely mlniaturl7A!d universes. Take thlJ characteristic
out of life and whut we have left ls a dttam, a 6.ction, a
something wcll-!Uustrated by Walt Disney's dolls: 1imula­
tlon by ove"'impllfkuUon, deminiaturiz.lltioo. (Proposflluo
No.9)
Propo,itlon No. 12 Mlnlaturizatlon. the insttument of
oomplexlty-11plrit (tho 11sentropy of the world), doea not
stop at the single organism, as Hlhe group" has an Identical
If not grooror nocd of lntcgratlng swiftnoss. Tho emergence
of tho spirit I, only In a quasi-prenatal stage of dcvelop­
_,.t, It would bo utter a.noga.noe to ma.lnta.ln that we,
homo llllplen, 1972, ore the Bo-.ver, or worse Lhe fruit, of
rucli emergence. We aro, at m0$t, the l!rst groping dcn­
dril, wedging themselves In the dark granularity of spirit'•
undetpfnnlng,. The fuhm1 Is literally the whole of ll!e's
evolution In time, space, power, but mainly In lnten.�ity.
How cl.e can we, hlc, Cl'l:lllc Cod? (l am lltcnal, not
0 •apb-istlc.)
Propo,ritlon No. 13 Thero Is n "oolfoctlve� lnmurnentality,
the cxmespor,Jenl sln.ldurc in non-biologka.1 form of tho
- In the animal kingdom. It ill, in its moro comprchcn-
 sive fonn, the city. The city of man. tl,at ;., To roofuse the THE FLIGIIT FRO�i FLAT:--.'ESS
city of man with th� beehive or tho 1111llull ls foUy. The aty {Thoughts for Elevator
is of cl\'iliznlion. There is no city where there ii no man.
Therefore, the city is essentially and uniquely human. It ii
1fnnuf achtrers)
asentroplc (Proposition No. 3) to ,m enonnously gn,at...­
power than the beehive, the anthill, the coral red, etc.,
but it is, ns they all are, an ultra-organiSm o.- trao,organ­
ism .. , outdistancing as a whole the d�y, the fate,
tl,e substance of the component individuals: hl!e, ant,
polypus, man. Crush the whole anJ tl,c iowvidual as lost.
Pmpo<inon �a. J4 Ao.soclalive, ro-<>per:ilive, Integrative,.
lmplo.ive are the a<eutropie wup, the anti-pollution
modes. Til<-y are p11rposeful, rerwn:ihzlng. normative,
ontological-eschatological anJ tht)' are nN:aS11nly •em­
eient.• They do the ffl05t with the -,. Ow -rnrnal JS a
1)1lCJP'U of a who!,, cor:,I l'N'f, The confCIOWIM'IU which
can be added up q a ,wn tot.ii of the amowit contau....J
in A l»ral reef b Im tLwi t1e 1UDOW1t cldcdcd io a suuJl We, you and I, 11re Interested In the 1:une thing. though
mowe. with diJrcrcnt Aims. My a11n Is a bclter ac:,c:,en to a freer lifo
Pro,-ltion No. is The lndlvidw,l effort of "imploding" by olferiug imn an urban topography that baa •lied olI a
around the � a c:o-ope111tive orgamsm ls more than good deal ol the dead welght of ineffldeocy. To achieve
analogicalh· ttpe0h-d io a ''eostnict K-ale III here the total this Is not pcmiblo if we penlst In staying leashed to the
scm,-n of hfo, ,while g<'fl�tic:illy evoh1ng, Is painfully but cmter o( the earth. Gravity soes to it that a leuh Is alwa)'I
powctfully gathcnng. imp!O!ively, th,. univmie of ma&S• going to be there, but it Is up to us to mal:e it man, and
energy into ooo cn,atun,, ternpurarily earthly, fututtly more elastlc. {It Jprang to the lim.it and broke with the
transworldly. In �ween thole two polee-tbe pcnon, Apollo llighb.) We will produce better wb;w environ­
� anJ realiz.,d. and the totality ol the spirit. poceo­ �ts only when we tum to the spaca above ... Ltycn
tlal and improbablc-$taod� th,. dty of the present, a nw upon layers (each about trn feet above the nm), jpaO!!II
protutype of what can bo tl1e Ci,itatc: Del w its bocomlng. for us to plWl, organize. urbanize, bum:utl,.e. Your aim
could be to define the beat hardware coo.oecting thole
apace, for the transportatlon of i.-pla and things and for
their lntenictlon. It Is my conviction that the more you
know of the reasons why the thlchuiog of our urban lex•
lure Is tho way to a better urban life tlic better )OU Ulight
be able to ln,ent and perfect lt1Cb hardware.
U history Is ■ prog.-esslon of improvement,, and In the
196 Tile llridga &I- l,la#c, U
Jong. long run this can hardly bo dtrned, then It might
well be written in the future that the pince and the power
now occupied by Detroit and the automobile mlgbt be
substantially passed to those industries tbot most foro.
sightedly have geared themselves lor the Bight from Sat•
ncss. There ought to reside your ,1<pirations and expec­
tations, and there also might be )OW undoing u your
brother's keeper if in your success )ou will forget the aim,
man, and roysticizo the mstrument you lll'e supposedly
ronslructing for him. There i� wh�re the automobile m•
dustry 1$ now, and it will not tnk" m.my )e.U'S for history
to coodc.tnn it ilJI out: of tlu: .wurge. o( the CIU1h.
\'ou might or wlght not wmit to see it tliu wuy, but tho
bcltlle will be ra�ng betwe,,n tho "horimnt.illst" and Im
tri11mph2nt horde of tn11)tlc macllines and the "vertkallst"
and W.. at pr,;,seut, �lirn l,.1ttali011s of sclf�Uacing (collcc­
li\'c) riding 1-es and rumps. Perhaps you 1Wght also
want to see lf the title of n1pid 1r,11wt might not be your
prerogative, Inasmuch OJ rapid lral'ISit aroong the urban
tature Cll.ll rneM only .Jwrt tnne-,paco ?Pl and not the
ilhlS<'f) punuit of ltlgb spooJs. \.'clocity i.s c011tn1di..-tory
"ithln the urban dbspo,-. It p=uppases Jdence fictions
like instant nettlmition and lnstnnt de«k-ration. It pre­
supJ'0$CS tJ,e wbmlssk>n ol people, wdodlng children,
ID people, the agcJ, etc., to many c·, of preauro. II pre­
suppose, incredibly 10phisti<,":1led and grimly �ve
hardware , .. it presupposes utopi.t in ilJ most frauduleat
schemes.
There is wht'l'O you are In agrcancnl with the logistics
oI life, not ngairut them as the horizontal pc,f- ii.
This b oot a panadox. Pr�ly httanae we in<Uvlduala
act hori,.001ally, the spaces wn nc,.'d are like �kes ol
many hundred$ cl sqw,ro foci ill area and ooly 8 to 10
fed thick. It follows th•t the worst way to oonnect eftl.
cfrntly such pancol1¥ Is to JCalt<'I' th,,m on ooe aurf.ce
(suburbia ls the cl.usic exa,oplo). TI10 din'<l, dllcleut way
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ii to stack them one on another. Your work fs about the
Cl011DeCting fibers of 1uch ,tacks. Connecting fiben not re­
lying IO mnch on •i-d but on the swiftness a.fforded by
good a,gineering and the {UllWUJIQlta.l fact that your dis­
� tue meuurcd In fc:ct and alwa}'I within the half
mile at most a.nd not In h,mdreds of feet and l<lOres of
miles "'bJch ls the case of. the bori.wntal tral!lc.
Tra&, by the way, In Italian means also a mess, and I
11"0Uld leave that term for the road. We will not kill tho
logistical inertia a.nd the l"'ralysis OVert.'Orulng trallic at its
pmJa and �-here In between by kllllng space through
the mlragc of velocity, but by killing dimna,, period.
Hence, the excellence of tho elevator tnuuporbt.ion aod
the obsoksu:ncc of the road trallic.
Tbe other asset of the vertfail mode If that by Ming
�dlcuLar to the perl'onniog Sow, the activities within
tho pancal:a, it sc"es them by perforating them. That ii
to say, It does itt logutfoal wks \\1th the le;rt amount of
Intrusion. It p«forms the ta& frugally, in <harp contrast
w,tb tho opulcot and bloutod wode of tho automobile that
n:sulu In a panu)sis not limited to its task bul extended to
the whole body 1ocbL
A5 UM! future seems to be with you. you should try �­
ncstly to bo for tho future. This estcuds )''Our n.-spoosiblllty
horn the purely tn,trumenbll to the altnt the instrument
must foster.Tiio arrogall<'C of tho automohilc Is � :un>­
gana, of the m.iods that po--cr its product:l\'e and ODO·
IWllptlve mechanisms. The self..:ll'acing characteristic of
the elevator will not dispense your IDdustry from the at•
tentloo It must pay to tho (.'(Jllgrut!l>Cl8 between tbc task
and the total oogt of ,ts perlormanoo. The more self-effac­
lng the lnmument is, the more It comes clOIO to the Ideal
performance. Mlnlaturintlon l• one of the roads to w,­
obtrusl""'1f\U u It is the road to the goal of putting more
Into lea. The tnOst fantastic curnplc of this II Dllturally
any biological organlSlll 111 \\lik:h analogy tho city one day
 will be conceived. In ll the vertical. ,1.u,trd, r:uliAI and an­ GOING TO NO\VJIERE, A'.'ITONE?
nular flow are the business of your l,u,lncss. So much 111 (The Airport, a Non-Place)
lhnt you might waot to invest some ul your niooomlc
power to accelerate its advent.
..The llight from Jbtness" should bo more than o good
slogan. It stands for the unchaining of mnn from the to­
pography of the earth at n moment wh<·n the earth Itself I.I
becoming too small for comfort. The dcpeudeu,-e on the
biosphere and the respect we owe to it dcmlUl<b a total
reorganization of our co1DJJ1unities from the vlll�ge h> the
m,·galopoly, a r<,orgnni,ntion along vertical vecton1, the
wctou )OIi mw.c hurdwaru tor. llul '" I don't !,kc, to -
the tn.<k of m.,n us II pure pursuit of comfort and health
but ns something for more exnc-tfng nnd exalting, I would
close by IU)111g thut nmn i• 111 nerd of the, best imtnimrnta
technology cnn give luw ><> us lo set tl,c )l�gc !or h1.1 t.lr
tnU1on.
11 Is presumed by many that rapld tninrportatlon is an
asset for manldnd, 1 "oul<l submit flODI tho beginllWg that
In the physical diaspora of our urbanizing env!roMHmt,
ra[lld transportation, velocity, ls not the means tmt will
give the indi\idWll thot reaching ability he ought rightly
to expect. The solutwn of lhc gcocni.1 logistics of _.ic-ty
will not be found in the co-ordinate of speed but tn the
ro-ordiruitc of space-time. SpociBC11lly, what nir trnns­
portatlon supposedly docs ls to tnuuport a rel..tively high
concentratfon of dtre,-tf'd tndiv!du.,ls to a.nd from sepa­
rate dlaspora. In £act, it doesn't. Because the travelf'f is In
a spcclllc hw:ry, this much tells � already of troubl.J nnd
demands a dlgresslon.
At the 00ro of each problem there ts a bArd stone one
calls •roa11ty .• Thnt reality is o£ dilierent degrees of gre­
gariousness, depending on the degree of Jloality it sub­
tends. The problem never hll.s an adequate 10luUon w,b
the ttnl is programmed into the solution. The n,ul!ty of
lbe airport Is highly gregarious l.,ccnuse it Is pseudo-In.mu-
 1'/ui llrkli;o /1,.,.,,...,,. MatUr b
menhu, like a second-degree trnth, hkn o.n nrtilld.11 pearl
As it goes with parasitic organisms, the, corua prlm<1 ls out­
side of them. One C'.lll say that Ilic iurporl ls a parasitic
nppendix whose rcn.son resides out<lcla of ltsclr predscly
because the nun of the traveler is 11owhcre to be found in­
side of it.
My proposition is that we can, ind.·,-d we muat, do with­
out such an appendix. It is dispropartionatcl) greedy and
disproportiooately cumber5ome. [t Is wrong in plan and
location. My proposition is that thl' nlr t�rrninal ,s to he
assimilated or transforrn<'d u1to the cit} ibc:11, the pn
wb«c the lnwdcr goes to anJ rowcs !,om.
ll only partl:ttly matt,-rs tlut the actual sitUlltion rolls for
n,•w aarpc,rts 1crving ol<i cities.Evolution doe, not find lit
and propatiow. to persist on ob,olcsa:nt-e. One falters in
rution.1lc if 0110 ,le.in, IIS •c-condw-y tho prinuuy target of
one's cll'orts.tr 1 re,,ch for nn opple, tJw spnngo I get m•
stc:icl 1, not for tho well-being or m<", the nppl� aec-kt-r, The
travder ls rvid.ntly st-t-kiug 1mythmg hut nn ILll'[l(Jrt in
"hich he is 1Utd foe!.< mbpldccd.Thu cousequence or this
m,"l"lnccmcnl we cl'III frustration, d,.ench4ntment, !nhgue,
min, destn,ction. npac:ilyp•e ac-cordini: to where the con•
•et111en,-es Jie. Th�>· ,tldom do die where we wi.h they
,,ould. A good ,:xnn1pl,• !a the prcdicamrot man ill in oo­
C311se or tho car. Iu our ca�. tho crux of lhe mntte, ls, as It
mu,t often i,, logistics.
Logi�Ucs in mnn Is hotlily encl mmtnl: tmnsportahon
and corrununic.ation. Civiug cu111111U11iC11Uon to transporta•
tlon In the micro scale 1'pCK·tn,m (electron enzyme tnms•
!=} and 8etting It n,ide for the uke of the subject, llir
trunsporwtiun, \\<I have tht11 to he Im 1ginativc enough (or
have moved IUOWl<l cuuugh) to occ whut tronsportatloo
la when the digilS (people nnd things) nre not A few but
arc numbcrlc:,,,; ... not one pen.on going £rom one puint
of • diaspom to one pornt of unother di.upora, but mll­
huns of p«>plo, l,nrdw11rc unJ things l'Oming ancl goi.ug lo
.,,,,,, I, Matt,r lucomlnt: Spin! llOl
and from dilil'rent pl:ic-l'S: millions of them, ancl A.II moving
IO and from millions of pl.1«-S in lhe ,rime comp,,.,.seJ,
lquefied time slot.
There is where tht! inn<>C'ffiN\ of the �y cnrrlH,
nlatnely .,ffectivo In P"' rorrno.nre, thn,�t!ng lhroi,gh the
air ,pace, ends. Tlie iw>Ocencc uf tlae llir <.'lllTkr ii in It,;
DaJT0Wly deRnod task of monng trnvclcrs, who have al•
muly grouped lhem.<clves in a spl'clllc apot when• th'7
will l.,e wllicJ 111to tho plnJ1c. Wlma t:ikeu by iuclf, tho
pnce tag for thl, grouping Is neatly swept undlT the nag.
llut tho price IAJ: is the nirport, th" pnrkmi: lot, the free­
way, I.he suburbias. tlac city it:;cll. In a biologicul llllalogy
..., would be at a dead end. The biological organiffll
cannot ltand poor Jogi<tics.In fact, the biological orgnnlm,
JI superb logi>tics.The sodcty 11! m�u (in this cue, tJ1c
dalocated, clisamnl'Cled, disturbed tmvelcr) is, on the
contrary, mired In poor logi.;tlcs o.nd stilled by it.
On I.he plw.io the passe11gcn1 ure bomogcnus-d for the
common goal 0£ the l.lncling strip.There nt the door of the
plane the pi,.uenger re-rmf'l'g� u his peculiar self, 11 ,clf­
dlrectl'<i spe,:k among othcr sclf.Jirected •pecks, ill $\lfier­
lng any new 1111d less efficient homogenization. Hi. path is
pc,cnlrnr to him!f'lf.Ho ha, been tr.insported.:'\ow he is n
tmvckr again, from tlac pl.we's door to tho mnny pl.le<:$
oo his agenda. At thi• moment and roint, time, dlstAn,-e
and speed rmSS\lme their ordlrwy meanini:. The h.1rdware
ti slow or slowed do"11 by the nature of t!1e general con­
lgun,tiun of the dhi.,pom and the traveler's u,,n peculiar
pis, and speed Is killed by unl'}nenes, j11,t a., 11ni,1utn�
ti oft�n ldll«i by speed.Dul speed. the dc,·ourer of spnce,
jll atandf Interruption, and di.troclions.In fuct, wl1"rc in­
llrniptlons 1111d dbtractlons are lntrodnccd, such us •top
agn,, signal,, traffic, lxid l'Ollcls, fog, ram, darlmC$3, me­
dwikal falrure, dozlng, rec-kl�nes.1, etc., ,peed Is re­
aioved and ro1t 1kyro,·kc1s. (The light curicts and el<-c-
1ricity corricn arc the onl) prh·,l•·gcd ex<-eptlons ... in-
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stant reach, 186,000 mJ1cs per s<>'llt.d,) llut we are bound
to t he foct that acceleration nnd dOCllllll'lltloo are dcnw,d•
ing IDJllllers of velocity. Accelero.tion la nJso ,1 gluttonous
.lDDnster and therefore a great potlutnnt, AJ sooo ns tho
plane reaches the landing pad the pllSse.ogm \I.ill no longer
be guests of her holy speed. They will oolUtlo myriad.• uf
times with myriads of other mo,'ing run! st•Uonary bodlc,,
things, 00nditlonB, -rules and -taboos.
As distance can n o longer be dcvoun,d by 8Jlr1.,d, Hrna
and well-being must be saved in other Wll)'ll, Thu ouly
way, the way constantly adopted by biological llfu, I, tl,o
conlntcllon of apaoo. Salv:.tlnn f� In lhoso Jdllds of dl$1Mca
!hilt wJII cau.se 1tccuplAble humanly sco.lod 1Jm11 aud fA•
U!,'IJO gnps, lhc wwkltig or scml-wwklng dlslllllOU. TI1cro i.'I
innoocoto rotound, Th.ere Is nJso the rndicall7.atlon of tho
urhtul structure, airport included. This new innocen<'fl is
n� old RS tbo 8r1t lila"1• ol llJ'o, rwo or three billion )'"811
ugo, w!Jen swlf1J1es,; wwi dlscovcrcd fllt synonymoUJ with,
or at Jo:u,t incllspt>t1St\ble to, llfe, Dul 1wi11n�u lJ only fit­
m•:1.1. Or to be moro pr�Ml, 8tn��'$ ls organlt,,d .-.vlftul!SS,
'Tho &wlft lrnvtllll', nllt tl10 hurried truvelcr, is tlffl ouly
eo11lcnlod 1.ravelcr, The11 tl,o rolnllvely swilt plant--paslle'n•
ger Cllln8gurmHon mu,L ru,t l11nd lb.elf Into tho scml•IMng
alrpnrt with Its dlR'lpOTU•tllOlllter of a problt·m-1},o city
rucludod-yct not even aukuowk-dgod,
Tho truth o( tlia muller 1$ thut wo bavo nn obuWcnt
prnpenslty for adding b()Ulenecks inside of bottlenl'rb
aud callli, g the rm11lt D product of u£1lnc:11oe, On tho •ub­
Jcct in qucsllon, lhe prilllary l>otdancck.J a.ro ••• tho con•
nec::tlon of the city to the au-part, 1md the airport ltn-lf,
Thi, s�condary l.iottlen�cb ore ... the tlclcet counter, tho
lul(!l;ago couot(:r, 111d tLe door to the pllllll). Of tJ,ese live
011ly the wl 0110 Is necessary nnd 11ooeptohH1. flut tho
ability to get rid of thn oth"r four ls in tl1e new lnll«Cn�
sugg�od above. Thn nr:w ilwOC('uco, to use another
annlogy, II when 11nd whel'O monldncl•• pl- Bts Into 1h11
pm.ile of the cosmo�. If rnnn liappwis, a11d fl W(Juld not bo
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bi· nccldcut, to colncitlu with himself In tho Olin U1nl
•�uitht to IJe,'' IJ1c·n U1c puny p,.oblrm of' thll uirport will
f11SC ltlldf lutu I.he probl1•1u Q( so�l,•ty whL uuinbtirJ.,�s
othc11, If not, It will rumuln will, mun 118 one of tl1e miuor
be11dnol1e, of hi* confused species.
&,fol'\l comlug to tho co11struc1.t-vo pnrl of my proposi­
tlou, I t rulght b o wcU to Coco the concept of d10 11sutll nnd
thn unu1unl. It, hy wuy of lllustrntlon, wo cul open the
body of ,1n nntrnul 1111<1 observe, our coulld,·nco in what
we call tLo IINWll or u.,turw ,� .twkcn. IL Ill n liloody con­
g,·,Hr.n wn wntrh l:h11r11. Nothing polfte or urb,me nbont Jt
Thill l1 n h,•11 o! u orenll1r� 1.wltchf11g thoro, n unlvers.>
f11rlou11ly lt1 punult, trying to survive, brotnlly siuglo­
mlncfod, nwi,•omely co1iiplcx nnd $1<1..'Ttltive, indeed a mo�t
rcmoL" �t.t,u1g1•r to hd,oltl. i\nu y..t ll111l Is wlu1t w1., «re,
ench of u:., biologfool org,1ubm1, We ore slnmgcts lo our•
,dv"•· Wbot wo know or wbot we MO is litorolly sldo-,k�-p
and our brnlny conto1tlo11s loclge somewhere out in the
c-old. \Ve know but an ahstJuclion uf oursdvcs ond we nrr
d,·srondrntly l\nd disproportlonntely !JJeUnecl to live by
ii, All Lili, is lo 1ioi11t out thul U1e fnmflJar proposition is
lltll u�-oossurUy true uud llmt thu �hock of rcvclali<lll oughl
nol hy ftS('lf to n lcrt on� pf tho pre�enC11 uf thCl nb-,,rd. At
a A, st g!Ance, mu�h Lhnl I� not or our consclousoos$ Rhockil
ru .ibsurd w1tl w u nr(' quick ut tcjL"CUQn. It Is u.lmosl us
aulomnlic 11, I.he hlologlcal rejcotlon of a tnmsplu11tcd W•
�u lht1t we obst,rvo In modldno.
Into tho urbou body, l nm oonocph1nlly introducing,
am! not too gently elth�r, the city tcrmi.nnl, a semi-solid
blnrk of rurJ01.1,1ly drlv('n ev11nts, n sangui 11<1 Md nnimul
turmoil OOV81tly disdplincd nnd multl-dlreotcd. The p:1r�-
111lmul WQ c.ill !O<:lety fnll� wider tlio rigor and tJ1ci 1·ulc1 of
tl111 blologlc.:al nnllnal, for both :tr<' of the $runu uulvcrsu
and both the, biological onlmnl, :10hit1ver of fncl'cdJIJlc com­
Jllr¥ily, nntl 110tit•ly, orlcntt•d Low,1rd over-lncrea,ing com­
plcKily, mu co1nplcxity•drlv1•11,
A tr.1r1:ful look ut the tlllhLrc of complcxlL>· will show
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ll04 flu, Brfdg,, Rm,.,,,, i\111ttor b
lo lio of no moro ute, Iu Ul;l ca,e or olr tran,port.ntloo, the
that it is, one might say, welru.-1 to 1h11 pr0<£S9 of mlnfa. airport ns an autonom� a11d physlMlly isollltf'd S)'Sl<'111
turizntion. Complexity Is tut mcrrmcnl of cio-orolnatod has -n it, dAy. U tliis u 10, i t lc.1 lo f.10, The 1t1<J111-r the
n<.:livitles happening in contracting spnccs. Al then Iii no bettrr. It !I time we obj�ct to go;ug uowlivrc 1111J r,,ying
complexlncatiQo that does not cowcidcutlllly lovolv� con­ clearly for tl1e going to It.
b'actioo, so there b no city without • �'Orrt16poudl11g mmla.
turlzatiou 0£ the p hy,;!cal stn,clurt; that rupporta It.. It is
thus here where the new level of innocence bidll fann,,-eJI
to I.he romantic notion that m,111 11nd t<Jil (nolJJ 1111d u­
phalt really) must mingle in JD in�.u,..UJbLJ., en1hrat-c,
Nature man and creator mru1, with a.11 tl,o cohort. of
middJ,. and average mAn, ant moving away from the 10il
lf lu.. lly r.:luo�r to that bypo1hc:tlail ldngi!.,m of oompu­
slon 11.ud gr,,ou I W..t: to wll l1ic t.:1ilbctog1:.1.Jcnu ol miattN. A
kingdom not in opposition to natun1 but comtn,rtlng it•
1wlf JnlQ a ,ur-n.h,n,. 'I h.,t b to ,av, tlwt tl,n nature of lDJUI
cfou, not dwell ID the gwkl,xl hmlcts of bomr. and gu­
dc·ns, but 1l ii Ull'IJ>t in U1at wnc unfaJnllJIJr AWi frigbitul
turbulence we WSCO\•cr W$lde the conteoted ll<in or a11 oc­
g.mlsms. Thti oontrntedn,-.a ttvt!'lll, !occea, but ..icceu II
ourrfod by 1111 rnonnously rigon>llf c!Jscipline guided by
,nn,,iprescul sufos. It is aclwilly a mls�cle that perpetualel
il«:lf, 11 triplo n,Jmcle of cnn50lfdatioo, reJterntloo and
ptogr<'SSmn. l\ot, as uu" can <r,e, tli11 ,tuJf suburhla llDd
m<gitlopoly ire niad,• u!, but du only rniJr Uuit CIUl ,billd
11nd con �II tl10 its��., of IJie'1 grnMLt.
'l'he wand,.rfnjf away from tho alrpo,t Will not com­
plcLdy wilntcntional, Any 1111alyli<'<II entanglomnut aod
a.,gregallon Is mcrcikss, bu it ou tl,o •ubp;t of alt tranl­
J'(lrtltlfon, r,,.gntivo hK'Oml:I w or 1111yt.blng tlfl-, n,., CIIM
of the, nirport u h<'<'Olnmg a glaring c:xamplo of
nons,·nw. Ou<>t: purpoeao w.td iustruwcnlality bc,,c,omo ID­
cons,:,quential, U,e solullou is 1ulo100UC4lly out of 11gbt.
ll is ir1>lcad l1l<t<>ri011Jly right that on011 a t<-d.nlquc, la
this = alt l.ni11.>port11tio11, Lu been proven iu sound, I
he fnrorpo,atod in 1bo fabric of rcnllty la the most co,
h•·rent minn,,r lr.tting go of itM!lf tho.., pa.rt, that l111p

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know tl,at It ,� wliere llf1.1 always. Tlim
tlierd II u.l1t·ro lifo mmt be (uni).
TOPIA ( Thoughts for the Steel
Industry)
It is my belle£ thnt life is eminently a phenomenon 0£
gathering and oompressing matter-energy in pecul!or ways.
Sekx-tivity Is high in the gathering and organizing of the
events composing the pheuomenon. Selectivity becomes
diJcrimlnatlon in the higher le\-els of the Uvlng J)1'00"",
\\'hat we witness it really the ethereal.izalion of nnturu
at a pace which Is ddlnod by tho evolutionary 1-t. But
thia process of ethereaUzat!on ls Incapable of matntalnJng
11s pace whenever the mechanlmi that sustlllns it become1
IDdllclent. This mechanism Is the already-mentioned gath­
.-lng and organizing 0£ matter-energy ID events ever more
Interdependent, complex and highly organized in rela­
tively climinhhing SJXICCS, This relative 1hrlnknge or com­
,.--iou ls not ac<:idcntnl or secondary; it is the only
way by whkh the event can become more efficiently
trganlzed, that Is to sny, more Impregnated with life. A
eanory look al the behavior of matter-t"lltrgy and nt
.ii.t Is tile play of information, oommunlcotlon, trans­
portation ID the llving event c,plains why tliis i5 so. Fur
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life to be, it is necessary for the organism to be an enor­
mously complex integration of right ruponses to an end­
less input of stimulae-informations.
lo man, for the chaJJeng&-respome c,cles (mll1Joos at
o.ny glvco instant) to be right means to be ,pedllo.
measured and timely. Speolfic a. it has to deal with •
unique situation; measured bea•use only 10 does the
specific booome congruent to the ciue; tiuu,!y because
the Bow of the process offers ooly one time slot for eadl
response. If the "incrti4 load" of ma.u-energy and space­
time I• tno great. the challenge-respon,e cy(:le becomes
dclcc:tivc aud lhe OfSIUlWD sull'crs. If the lodfoctivt,ness
becomes endemic, the organism i.s crippled. II the Jn­
�ffccdveness �e f1>id,mlc, the organism II doomed.
Most of our cilia and towns are endemk:ally allllcted,
lllllDY arc al an epidemic stiagc right oow and are dying.
The l'CCIIOOI are not wctapbyslcel The eoormously com•
p!C1: strnnd of cwenta each one of u, II 8nds tt.il In an
ullttly diiwtlc and UJ\JwpO!lffie milieu, the dty �
ltructwo. Tbo ultl'll-tophilticatod and �tbed pbe_.
fflll1 each of w Is 8nds itself burled alive in • � al
lnsemllivity and impwelrability. Informatloo and lb com­
mw>lcabil.ity, knowledge and emotion slwing, phyalca)
trans!- of people o.nd thing, .•. all thOle -tlal
processes llNI meanl'l'l2� and curtaJl«I. To do bee>- •
pain-filled undertaking. the IMrt!al l<>ad; the �
bats have bccomo dumb to the vibrance of the cun­
pr�bensl\'(l event. ConltJllCll<:e between the eiort ud lhe
pu,po,o has broken down; deeay 11nd � ,et In.
To fo.u:r I.be eYCDtfulnea of life, life itself bu como up
with a numbe-z of inventions, all of t.bom dellgned ulti­
mately for the lt'lectlon of those physical media that wtl
coostitule the best 1t1pport for tl,o swifter _,. of
<'nlT)'fng Information and flttlng r05poosos and for the
most frugnl •iays ln OOlllWJle the enn-gy that bopl the
-=dim,,- going. From the optimum coud.ldonlog of aD
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laiJSe agencies, worldn!!; togethtt like an unbt-liC\11blc! clock.
aid after eom or ·pnu:ticwg.- of atruggle and self-aacrl­
Jce, life bu come up with the fragile bud of aelf-dell'I'•
aiaatlon, tho £ree will. Tho unyielding d.isciplino o£ the
tqaofsm lo all of its automatic performan«s II tho oaly
guaranty for tho existence of free will, a condition ne<:m­
,my If not sulllcieot for its actJoo.
What 1w thls to do with the 1t0<:l industry? Two thing,,
at least.
1. Few if any actions of man upon raw nnturo have the
clmioolc streogth and the portentous ,kill of the pr<1CC$S
or gathering. 11elcctiDg and comer-mg a certain amount
ol malts and physical propertie, out or the ml'ga
storage of the minenu crucible, as the aclio0$ or tho
lteel industry have.
To take for granted the Mil and the tanker, tho ,P.'llnla
and tho akylcnper, is part of tho gcoeml failing of
opulence. Metallurgy is oue of those coo.stant miracles of
a,er--erance, foresight, planning and will, that n.n, io a
way tDO oommoo nowadays to bold our (anlll'I)' 11nd our
.,.-e. So If life and rulllllment are whffo the action is,
gathering, selective, diJdplined and powerful. oue "ould
eEpect them to bo In the steel mill Are they?
L ls to make steel. thoee miracle metals, to fosttt auto­
matically the hfe of a free agent, tho pc:non? Tho
carnage of c:k>se to 6o million of those persocs In the
8nt half of tho century, this literal annlhllatic,n of the
future bu had u prime tool and often o.s Instigator
(Krupp) ateol and HNI. U our stake in life is u rev­
ffl!llttal u the stTength of tho power wo show in going
about It, then we must soon - to it that our 1tec>I is
made for bfo u reverently and puslonatcly o.s a child's
prayer, Scieoce is oot beyond morality; politics and na­
tioaalf•ro are oot beyond morality. They all are Its sn­
,iant or they all are evil. The whole techno�c:,,l world
ltllres at U1 &om the •nake pil of our malice. But we nn,
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suffioieully B\\'ill'(! by now that tho Inna price of hypoo­
ri<y l• oultilllarting even the most adlrNs ol ,oub. If by
oot otru?r means tlwn by the foul air be mUA breathe.
By mnlJng stool on specdflcarlon. "a bow qufta wcl1
what will be ils use, A count «iuld or &hould be made ol
the t1>11nage of �tool, on one side ol the -'c, the tonnage,
used for constructive purposes, on the oth« side ol tho
scale, the tol;lllOge used for the gratilicatloo of ou. pwd
and bigotry,
The steelmaker 1..-nows, by O't'1l�tlon, the oomplcxlty
Inherent ID a.ay CXJDIU"llcti"C! proceu, 1I we put our at•
tcntlon to a spociRc ix--..s, the becoallng of life, -
ffltlnot hut be strud: by 11:t •"� perfectlou. by ill
�I frngility, by IL< dcpcndd,co on a balanttd blo­
�ben, and by the 3U impDIUPI lad that U can be f�
only reva-eotfAlly. U fOI' nolhlng mn:e than £01' human
&d!-pracrwtlon, the time bu 0111M for a c:holca between
unqualwad cx,rpc,ntc prOflt a1ld boc.«ning. Tblly do aot
colnd�. They do oot for the iumple fftJOD that life is DOt
froa mtt:rprisc. h b lllstellld a rigw,m, plwmomcnon. t<itally
tied lo 1M Larg.,,. mcchanhm oI the unlvcnc. If our prldo
ls in produdug the instrumootalll.ies for lifo to develop
ltaelf, v:e Dlutt alto accept the stark facu oE the buma
log!,ilcs l>l"1 of tho humllll angulsb. To sen.11 the 8nt. we
Dlust wrop oar aetloo aruund the world In ui uniutenupted
and strong nr.t of co-ordinoted pe,formances de.slgned lnr
111an md for life. To 'll!MI I.be 1econd. we must wrap such
a oct tn n peculiarly seasltiz.ed way, ., u to let the
e"'3""S. ICIOO 5 l,lllion of <11, punctu«> through and tab
.lligllt.
'Tho radical �,traetlon ol in11tmme1tallty, tJie mlnlMtllri­
z,,tlon o( tho uw,..n111dc �Clll, wilJ be tho Incl•
pens:11,Ja but not su.!!lcimt c:anditfon for tbe llm. It wll
tal:o the 1,unil)' of mon beynad 111rvfval Into tha bilum>­
lng of II lt!rrl!Strial civllizaUou, wlc, II willing. to talr:e tbe
lluld S\\;iy of the myriad of free agents, the penoas, ialO
a cultured world ,,.-ltlett, tho amguwa of tho ,pc,:� can
alme Into pwposo.
Flnt prionty II the t:lhkah1.ation ol ll'l!e 4111lt!rprlso, tl111t
u to say, tho fl'tt'lng r.J ·1..,., entepnse· frum gteod,
hn-rf.sy, bfgotiy, fllWltkhm, intolenince, Thl.1 ls I b!k
worth widcttuiug. to undtnute tho ai� and ha ch11l­
lengo Is f11r outdolng llJly other a OCl!p()nit-, l)'COOll wfgl,t
aci:ept
Tcclwology ls not a oculJal C\1:llt. It ls a souJ.kq m1t1I•
fatatlon, supposedly hnm=eci by a soulful pi-o,.,rnon.,
At every step t.echuology rmdl bo giVffl ..bat U. is uot iu
Its pmtJuc ocmd.itioa to haYO. Toc!mology It • loaded
answn to the human couditiOfl, That 1!%[>W111 wby, for
lnstanee, tho qumlon ol good and ev!l does DOI out (or
t ho �Jes not t«-lu,ologblly prolldcut, why tho law
of the jungle, deprived of oornpusfon u ft ls, ls alSI>
Incapable o! ,nal� lnnoecnoo and t�nology part eon,.
p:my at tho ouuct and it is I.be comcant responsibility of
imm to rt'Cullncct tho two In b.ug,unlng h1• , pasltion
among the other plumamcma.
Techoology \W\lld be nwtnal in 11 -·'- awl pcss!on·
Im world. And if cm11 wools to put an OYOrdoMi o£ ,kep­
ticism ltt pc,rtul.aling rhe pos<ibl,-. ono could say \hat it i.
Jn the I.oat.bl gwcun<e aysten o f tec!tDOlogy the iolent
,4 riddmg rallity ol both -• 1111d passioo, so iu 10
�,. �- ,u:id litn=. HC11v f,ir technology bu soc­
l'CIC.'dcd In this cllNlctJon h hArd to conjecture. llut to con­
jcdulo about it II lwportant l£ we detcct. • general dull­
Ing aDCI <.'l08l'NCWl8 of UIIUl't Rtllltfvellcll. �foro thing,
get lost by dmu.lt than by m�t as tho pusiwi ClOndltloa
II an ew:r-re,uly \'IIC:Uum wlJeDCVV fultlatlvo tapers away.
Technology cu-nos nsc-lf (wd iS rcliablo) b,.,c,ause n i,
llke 11 ,"OIJDd.up cloclc that wtll mark tlnu:, make tuoo,
� of wruit tfm,, is wilt>e,Sf11g. Pl-.s GIi regGJ'dleu
Is Its ltrt'.n_g,h and ill n�. a nt'lmlfiJI tbnt is totally
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guideline that can make sense out or whnt appenr1 oftm
to be n free-for-ru.l meloe? Some help can b., found In the
dlstinctlon between the practical auJ lhe rail.
THE PRACTICAL AND THE REAL
lf I were to say that I will be guided In my action by
what I deem practical, I would really Illy nolhlng al 1111.
To say something significant one should J<tY, ui my 11t?Uw:I
I will be gulded by what I consldrr practJcal within o
t?ertam context. 3 context made of time, •pu�e, wcestty,
social and cull.ural milieu, sentiment, 11nvironwalt, eco l ­
ogy .. . once we put the pmcllool actloo within 11 1111B­
cl�olly lw'ge context, the practical ool11aldes wtth the real.
{f und when we pnt It 11 1 11 qll8si-oblltcn1tc,J <Qltdd, a
CQU\cxl Umltcd t11 lbe imm,..U..t�, lhc procUuu coinciJw
with the lnt$ponribJo, with the utoplnn (the nan.pince),
!Le unrtt.ll. ,Vby I.I thl< 10?
It ir 10 because then, are no pheaomena that iue not
spo.tWJ_y, tcmponilly and psycbomontally fnt btrgl'f Ihm
whnt they mlgl,t appear 11.t 6rtt. lt ii in 011,sel� that we
- thi. afflnned. lo an cmdloss stream, through us iwd
by us indlvlduAls, come, to pm w texturo i!Jiclf of lhe
hum:m pbenomt'IIOo, ?vlent11.lly, emotionally, ewteotfnlly,
we ure pemumently "amUleVt!recl O\lt" pervadi11g aprnsri­
cnlly "' largo 1.0ue.1 or JnOuimcc tu 1h11 ltnmgt.b of 11Ut
minds and our 1011ls citn nlford. To ,hr!nk within the
lxiund.1rlcs ol our pbytlCAl skin II lltetally to shrivel ond
die.
Cn II lo,s mclaphysionl or privulc realm, we b.ivo b.1d
n4o some striking exiunples recently: lb" omnlpl'1'SC'noe of
DDT aud 11, eonsoqueuce, tbe dendly d)'IIIU'nl.c of Wllr
psychOfis und tho resulting 1:1vagczy, or closer to tbe
neighborhood scene, tho Jonos's complex or tho hlppy
compfos....\Ve, the iroft..v11ro of reality, and any aml all
of lbc things we have produced 8Dd Offl'Pro<luced 11111
only the cente, or a ,'Crla.ln p,.,ifonnnnoe who«e n:aou.m,.,
It m.�r peti'"tratlng largr1 nod l.1rr;« 11phet"e« In tlJM and
JpQca. Thme Is ihus u sp11.<e pcnpootivo And n Limo p«­
spoc:tlvo whldi ,uc o noo-d.ismluablo J"llt of Olli" pm�­
motllm.The more we aut away fram tlu m and dl!ll'�
the weaker ii our portidpatory position In tho mnlcing of
tho pr�t. A, htowledge Is tho sc:oso of pcnpectivo, n Is
then quilt! right that lcncwl<'dge has the ability to duco�r
moro nnd - deflclcmcfe• within lhe sphere of the prne­
t.ical. Tllllt II to ny, lcuowlwge Introduces greater and
grc,atcr o�bt'C!llce Into tho'IO t.hlng,i t.hut are oot rufll­
t'iimtly p:in ol tlie g>,oMal Clllging ol tho ptes<'flt, to lh<!
J><lint wbeto tho pra.c:ti<:al <>Vent b4.:romca acw,dcs,. It bwi
bcc,n o,enidden by rll>llity. Soine c.wnples ...
1'be practical (armor moves from one I\Cffilgo to tho
net, mhaustlng thc aoil nt ee.c:h inslalluient and sottiog
tho ttagc fOT tt.0loglcal di"11ster.
1ne m1l &,nn.., m&�UN!I hf• oond<1t't IO llS to CAMI for
the b:Junct!d lnlcrllctiOu or hfs doing 1111<l the dohig of
ll4tu.n:.
Practical man lll!eJ In uniformity, unblemld\lldnllll$. wstciri­
lizatlon" and f"'d<Rglng ll,c marketability of foodstulh •..
Rew UUU1 lwuwa tlwt !Le rcw vwue of f-oodstu/Is Is not 10
oo found Ibero at all, Indeed, ho kriows thnt $llth market•
fng dev!OOI are fund..mMttA!ly unhealthy, w.utcfu.l. poll11•
tAut and fn111duleot.
Practical mau thinJ..-s nothing of driving ten mlles to get
a carton of br,:,r .•. l\t'4! m11.11 ffl0\\'1 that out of billions
and bllllont of sud, trips, d a y In, d.ly out, tbe earth Is
b«owlug bs Jivnl,J.,, thc sky becomes � and l.is.1 orul
less cbr. t.ltc seu less and less bCllltl,y. th" l'tl�rgy
IOUrc:el of th e mrth mt dfpleted. Mtlons aii, at Clll:b
othan thro..11, ate., otc.
Prac:tlcal man doe, his own thinp In tho namo of And
wiJer tLe oov,..,. of free tmtcrpruo , . . Real man koowa
thiit mm cannot do his own thfnp fnr tho clcmentuty
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the piivate nnd the public or coll�'t-1.ive nro totnlly en­
meshed and .inextricably bound by u co,nmoo d.,.twy,
Pr actieal man takes llufferiu for the body nncl for t,he
soul to the point of dumbness , , , ne,,J mnu 1;1kl!f pah1
to see where be steps in, even whro tJ1c nt•p ill pnlnful.
Practical man takes consent al Ince vulue and goL'I
politicnlly in lhe seat of power ... Real mnn JOOS hi1tory
as an endless denunciation of op_portw1b111 w,d J<\anu.1 or
fnlls on its own merits.
Practicnl m.au wins all battles and lose, all """' •••
Rool man vi�s tnctlcs n8 tho inStn1mcnt,; of lh't1U•gy.
r
'l,c, American rrocticol man, after winning �o mnny
balllcs, b Ju lbe t.hl'Qelf <>f Jc!cnt. Iodochfrw is a lll<lr<1I
cxomple of abstroct men doing the prncti<-nl tJ1lng, bru­
tnll7fng themselves, devasttltlng n country, mr<metlzlng
IIIe, ending up with a ho.ndful of bloody {e:,lhen and n
odminnl rcc,orcl. The., list cnn !ill a volumo bcatu,o WI' All
n�t OlOSt of the tlmo us pro.otlc�l-utoplnn indlvklullt,,
TllE PLU�iBER OF UTOPIA
For every mnn the aplJ.cte of Uio 1001 hnt a different
t•apaclty. Tb11 plumber Is noting In a rttnl aintnt up to
U1c point whore bis mind t, oric11tcd townnl tlt11 wdl•
working of a faucet. Thu plumbor-,cholnt l• nol r.,itl man
even If he c:in still do a good fob ut plwnbtng. Ho ii not
r\llll-mM b«.-au;o he l.;,ows bt-tter, he knt>wa tho.I more
"benul.iful" plumbing 1$ ,11bord.ino1ed to 11 better couJJtloo
of gtnco for nil men, but he "111 ,,ot ucc:opt tho chlllleoge
of hi• L'llqwlooge. For him tho pmcticnl and the real do
not fnuno cocb od1cr. The va_o;t canopy of renllly fs c:oo­
ooal<"d by tho puny umbrella of pmotic.JJtv. .Ill m very
"rcul" way most of 11' nro spoiled plumb(>rs. \Ve know In­
side ourselves that trollty is a bumlng lire, but ,\•e choose
to ateal nway C1'Ulllus or ll!o, und "Prlllso too IArd" for
thnt.
Tho •poillng lcuowlc-tlg(I doo� or our pf'lcticnllty ts lho
WII)' lifo lw ol ditcmJing worn-out p11mdlg1111. As u,.,
)>ll('(I or c:lionge n1,l11'JI 11[':')R us mrlrtl ""'v lhtngs in
1horkr l11J1c'S, the ruto ur 111.lsolcsll'll<:'l' I, 011 u cousloul &n•
creuso. A <'011>t."<j1•cnc:u of tJ,Js ill tL,,t u.vl• JA we frWJ1e larg<'r
nnd L,rger persp,.'Olh"'5 of the past to gttlde ns Into the
future,, we, h,"'611u.1 less 1and lc,s upt to come up with
cootextuol respowo,. Tluit 111CM:1 the wldeulllg o f the gup
hrt�en lh11 pruotfcal in th" puroly pm,,nt �e nnd
roollly ft.I 111ch. Th11 mnto we go about oonatr,1c,Ung
11nalyUc:lll rt:o.po,uc,i ht tl,c nnlc.�11 prusoi,t., \Le, more ,uch
rci<p<•n= h••CQme ii'rclevurlt UI U1c eurposlty of tht dJ.
lcmmnt 11f life.
The ro•�•ms for 011r •h11rtslg)-11t,lt,,·ss aro mnltlplr•. At
times It ls pure grc,-d, nt tune, It la piety, :.t times ft I•
nn) thing In IM1lw<1c11 them. Por the greed)' and the parn•ite
oven 10111{ plunninl( ls only e ont.-.dlmt,'DSIOnnl structure
wlwso <'Onlexl is tlw blind 1tllcy c,{ fcor, survlvnl nud
P''"'"'• On the oppo�ltt< e-nd, th<1 pious soul, !ceding the
hungry, Jhi,lt�linJ.1 the paup<'r', hQs the oontext of his re­
'I""''"" co11J1uu1t•d In the vlso of duspCt11Uon, br11th01"ly
Lut hope)o=;s. I n IIJJ exlttonUal piety be forgoo, the moro
drmand!ng axlallty of oomp1t,;.�lnn. Th� OQntoxt of reality
has l o Im n (ully d,wtlopt.-d plwnomenon, for which, in 11
way, ov,•u gretid might bci at0111,d by vlsfou (thu ?.f1u�.-..,.
1wto-putrnn) and piety resolve i\$C!lf In tho fire of cohl•
pasmon. Thi• entAlls for both cxlTemes ond !or th" vor!Q11J
dc,grees Ill between. pm-pcctivcs nnd lcwn.iog goillg, by
rl'AIOn ol scli-fu.lillltnout, beyorid tho th.In. wt:ak and blind
ongoing of practicality.
l\llnd )IOU, this pau(l"rl'IIO In ,ul>,;IIIJlce of1Pn produce�
1111orrno1c< physicnl thru,u cs II� mnrk'1!t Inundated by
!utJIIUc, dcnnonruul<!J, But thos<i tldi,s flushing Uw hu1d-
1Capo of tod,ay's �odcty are Inherently i;terlle and, con1r.uy
to U10 focundlty brought fn by t.hl.' mud of th" !\'llo, what
tJ,oy lm\'e h<!hind ls wn :t" lllld getbugo In n typlcnlly
mocllln\ 1111d eeologicnlly opcu r.yclo, =ldcrlng wlth tl,o
blcning of polluUun
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mastered Lbe development of this wunt, y n1u.l whul lwrl•
tage he is putting in the bllDds of 1h11 g,•n,n1lious lo wm,1,
Jt is un open que•tion bow a do,•r tycoon li�e lt.·,,ry
Ford would judge 1l manageria1 ly"x"' or II t'O<po111Lo
steamroller. Heroy Furd was a reollit In 118 much o� lie
went about making mobile n relat.Jvdy simp1" nnd wnu­
ously distributed society, the society of hi• day. 'l'he Ford,
of today are practical men working Into th� nb,trAct,
utopinn non-worl<l of subutbia, Tl,cy ""' uh�ouu,·ct«l
&11m reality, which is n fu.r more cn1·c>mpllS,lng und p�r­
v�<i"e ,rniv�u- than the one they art! bent 11[Wlll. It w111 a
real Qcltl<ivnnt•nt for Henry Ford ln glvn man ,, 1J1;1n•dmt.1
toy to play wiili. lt I� u ,:1,·ugc .1ccot11plhlw1cul for Detroit
lo lo.ll'r 1111d focJ n p,.,vcr�o Bluto ul ulfoiu wi.��o 1111
lnc>rediblo nmonnl of 1venhh, knowleclg... , lnll nnd energy
of tli� who!,• tJnrth nri, literully humt on lhP altnr of
wobllity {wh,·ru uuJ whoo mobllily 1s itill Ilic cnd,prod•
ucL). Tho s11mo cm, bo s:tiJ tor Lhc pbnnn11,.,uu,,..i, the
toocl, the sport. tho gruncs nnd tho r&-pettnhflity mnriets.
ll)• hund,tng lo ono bunc11� the {t,a11ihlo nlld the dc�imhfo,
wo h,we b�-ome 11mo111l and hypocrlUcnl. Tuts 1,ns Jl('t•n
call.'Cl Un, mornlily of ll11, ct.,llur. It 1/l vory 111ucl1 tli.i
mor11llty of tho prnctlcnl m.111, onre w,, entry tho lnv1>$tl?•
Uon Into tJ,o often woll meaning origin of tho proct!Ss.
'l11l$ d, � ucil •1x.-;1k well of nu,v,·16 1t111l lgi1c,r1111(J<.'; It
rnllwr dcnouoat:s 11,cm 11S the origin of evil whun thu con­
t11xt Is � complex, p,·obltwntlc, unpredict,1ble aod�ty.
Good lntenttons feed tho d111g011 as w111J ond n� much 1\11
tJ1e, bloody nuillcc,, \I\Thkh prc,unt, 11• will, thc t.iplo
problem of kuowkdgo, uction iwd vaion, Ill only by u,�m
together ,•11n we opernlc under the canopy of reality. llig
dcul, you can say, lltis ls n tniism. Tho gain is that the
mnl hns been unhlngeu lrorn we frnuliulonc,e oJ thu prno­
Uu:,l m,od. We always tmd only grt whnt w� aik for. To
mo.kc th1ogs •hort ii iJ up to 11• lt> cllno,u 5tllgnt1tiou uud
brMhlowo or growth uuJ evolution.
TIT£ FEASIULR, TIIE OESIRAl31,E
l'rucUud mtw, the: phunbl:r, np u11d clown the lndcl<'r of
nctlon mu�t bring himoolf lo hl, tre!ISl'.J before nemMls doo.1
Ibo jolt for him ond oil. He musl lake t.bo fl!t1Siblu lo tho
lllborntory wl,t•rc feulilbUlty ls chcck•,d by dcslntbllity and
wh�re £easlbthty-morketub111ly hl\vtl no voke unltisa tb�y
cle11rly show unequlvocul <lealr;ihtllty. lt is most fen,;ible
anli mo•l p1'0lltal,lu i n mulcting tom1s to produoe IUI
e-ndlrss chnfn <if l11gen1011� gndgets, 0111' maldng the other
nOOf'�tary • .An)' d�p.,rtmtonl Jtoro ovt1rtlows wlth thl.t sort
o£ lhlug. l n lhc light of Liu, mlllsivcno•, of lhc pl1t1iom.,_
11011, tl10 validity t1ud jwtiflobillty of so much Ingenuity,
ao mu�h mil, io m11t'h m�n•t-nrrgy-d.,p11't1•m are q,w..
llonublo. \Vu 111u1l rcmcmbtll' LIJnt opulenco la nql ouly
Wt1 pnvil�gu of panJ.Slll'lffl, lt 1, al>() tlui deuic n macl1111a
of \l'll�te, cleirtructlon, pollution nod p,nvy, stlgteglltlt'ln nnd
l11go1.ry, l-1·1'$ du flnt whnt ii o,<(,d�d. tl1tm whol ls vulid
111,d fullllllng and let cx.trav"gance be II mlnor Irlngo o! ow:
a,tion, This i� th,. least we can givo ns a contribution lo
1h11 mir11do or life_
But lo tlu what I� not't19<al')' ci;t'npes prtlCti<'t1l 111,m as Ju,
ls given to hrlrk l.iying, nnt to lh� COO®lvlng IU'ld dcBulng
ol the wall, ant! th11 w:,11 1• end)Ms nod uh1t1uh011�. It i�
rooogni,ablc only 111 11 dl,tanco by shnrp1t11od vltiion, und
from deep c,onccn1 Al'ld proven ''a11thor!ty." From ll1!1 111>­
Sl'nte uf ''vision" comes 1h11 otb�r gl'lltld Illusion tJ1,1t we
mn 115 lnrll,idunls design out communltlPs, As we, pcraons
of dW:on.ml t11unlnl(, cannot d""igu but n s,null percentage
of all Luo tlllui;s we uso 011d misuw, 10 we, 118 uon•
spcclflcally tro.lnen "plannen," C11nnot n§sume 1h11 task ol
conceh<ir,g Dni.l constructing beyond the limits of ow
privnto life. Tho ouly way wo c1111 lmpri11t ourselves into
tlw phys!Cill l'nVlronmcnt is if we urn wmclJow in Lbc
fa\'orul,Jc, po•ilion o{ b<-1ug off,-rod a glob.il-physlcal <'<>II•
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w,d require from WI person.ii luvolv,•mcnl In 01,r lmn1Nlmto her landJ, her sc:u, l,tr lo(1:$l:S and animals, 001' sky nnd
mrrounding (home or OQCupationn.l pL,c-e). rivmt, 1,r.r (lNlplo, her duldren RI� aD partalcing In the
Tllis p�pposes n stmctute anJ a dlll(:lpline "" tl,c s:une vigil. To foll h"T with th� m.utery of pow'T we
large environmentnl 0011tc1tt wWch 11 twgutcil oow bJ the now k<-t wtth I s poss1Lly 10 fu.11 },er ",lhoul appc-.1L Time
quicksand of chaos, sq1.1"1or, confi1$Jou, Ucensr, 1>tomua­ b 1111 ,ncvcmhlt, oven! uncl time nms out; It .too,. \\1,,ero
tion. This points at the oilier fa.ilin!(i of pr,:ictlcal man and how ca11 we ie,il,stJ..,..llr rope wit.h tho ever 1noun11ng
tlwt I have pointed out before. He d0<,s not bl� hold ,,r demands of ClQIDpkxif)ing lifo?
the fact that to be a free agent is wbcrcutly condJllouoil
by the tyranny of the Uving couditiOn. The bioloi;lcul
phenomenon is n roulini:zed, autom.11i7cd nur;1cle "lll're
th<> dllclpline and co-ordln.,tion Ii ult�y rigorous nnd
11nfurgiving. l t l< on ,1.1ch ...,u,.bk fourukliowi that thtt
hw wiJl l,Q1 • chnnce to devclap. llut 11s Ull.s new dlmc:n­
lion o f tho e-·olullo11:11')' pro,-css l.s fOIDthow lr1ttltuting Ill
«-,er-new instromcntahtles nl ltJ Mm level. sut:h lnstro•
mt'n!Jlit)· mu,t be 11n,dogu1�• In rigor and �ll'\lctur11 ,onod­
tlW to th11 L,ologkal �tmm,:ulAllti..11 froc dctcnnlnatlnn
o�rnte• on, \\hero tho 10Cinl context is e1oluhoru11y. TI,o
ntopian cbnrnet..r of tJ,e p,QctJrol world Is jnst this noo•
r"oh'Ul!!, 1\0\Vbcre. nnu-pLt�. wit.bin wbirh JmlCII....! ni:an
llj><'l'IUCS. The non-rla<:e ol disOOnncction. oo,mmon, -­
le!sucss, dt'lpair and n11111lmcn \\0bid1 prnctica.l llllln baJ
C<1n1lT\1ct<'C! aro,md him<telf. IJ only I could pup It, he
t:ays, thf'n l could mal«t ....,to 1>( my doing, llut I t le his
own d,,wg that ol,ht,-rat.::s thr. thing hr. vainly M"eb to
gr;1.<p, There is no1hlug to gnisp then, but Um failure ol
an endeoavor w:arped by the Lick of �irit nnd hope. As
r
practical man npnu1.,, nl)\••• h� 11 the lra..t rrn or us nil
l wou!J suggest tl,at 1l,e cn,atlon ol " ocw 11rb1W 011•
vlrnnmt'nl dt'rn:mds lb.i "f>llrDding of pr�cticru tuln Into
real man. It Is tho np<"lling of the most fanwtto new
tnlll'Ltt 11ny mdll.ll:r) can wi<h for, \ViU wo mow Into it
lnsi1le tbe l,kfo of a hTlltUIOIIIUJ\11 mi, frulg, dripping
blo,:,J, brain �st ill on Cl.-i\11 pruon. mind cluttt'.Tt'd l,y
tJic, poiM>t, of ,-orad1y, or aro we going to Clllei •l hwo.11rily,
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111<· oonlempo,ary world, .u,J t.hc,y purt4lio both of lugh
"'{'hlstn'lltlon and di>mal gromi�'lS. The sq>h.ist1t,1t10o
is 1ho outcome, of demand nnd 1J111rket preu,ires on a
baclc:ground of teehnicnl lnventivm,oss, Tho grosmnn
is p11rt [ad. part unmJUgated no,veti, and 4'1u1t111ac.
2. Do th vbual and audio havt1 n<>I bet-it (ully dt-ployed on
,ca� IIDd imptcl. If uot under n-Jtrldive ;ind primlti,"
CX111d1tl011.1 (\Voocblocli:, etc.).
3- ?-.lnny of the m01t recent •rpUcaUon1 (ln!!<!J'f. hol�
grnms. l'tc.) llt1' just now beginning to tnter tho mnrlwt.
◄· Tlic hlgb rcsp,,u,c� cllolet! lrom 11u<lic.occs and vi,"\, cu,
cvro by r•W ..xperimcnU, indkatfl a ltmitlc:» potential
nwkc-t for bald and nO\·rl 11ppll011t1ona.
5- The 111n, the moon and t.h� stan have not '-a con•
aldcred u fUOUl'<,(:S u, the audlo-viswil,SCllJ0rLil Ii"'('·
trum. They ""' ind<)('() the mmot imp..-ive of 1111 1111d
tl,n rol., 11,e)' ahould pL-iy 1, to l,t, <0n!tidettcl, Thi1
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morphologic clements nnd a pr:u:tlcally aidless aim­
bwation of the med.la by lhem.elvcs and withb. tha cn­
vironmenbtl conlellt.
Some relationships behveen mau and A medb-or!cnt:>11:d
enviro.nment:
The sun and the strucmre
L tho documa'ltlltion b)• tbl! ,-arion• modla of wlt:il n.1tun,
2, The sun and the petlon:nance
3. The night nnd the structwe
4. Tho night and the performance
5, The light of man
6. The sound tlf man
7. Rc:scud, 1111d uperbneiitatioo
8. Pc::fo=IIDOOS and 1e>u,tls
Tho structure, an !Urology at1'4hle ol about 3ooo ln­
h:ib bnt-. Is a ln11,e btnllllCill for ,an ugalieo ai,d pc:r­
funtWKC w the mull.lw� 6elJ th:it wuuld ll&lcc 0011.1ta11l
and altcntm, stock ,,! the origfru,llng element. of n�ture.
IJne:u in\'t!ltlj;ltdon on light, 11m11d, t:1st11. 11nell, sldn 1cn-
11tfvlty would flow lotn tl,e multllin,:,r w,d 1!nmhaneous
e\'cnt. 'Plutldpalu!g In loo pcrfomulll<'<I "'wld ho tbc spe­
clfl,:: wcbok:ul dc,ica developed 1,y the audJo.vuual­
Jtllfflrial technology plugged in, ,o to � to the ea­
\'fnnunnit, Jl"(lple and building 11\<'luded. Tiie- rpcctator
\\1,uld be pulkd lo by the uuprccl.lctabiUty, the magultude.
the power of tho 1ruagcs, the ,oWJds, the •tructuz-. the
spac-ea, tho d)TI1UDIC$ and synduonlzallon of the perform­
arn;n and by tbP ammmt of lnfannntian of ,yutkt;.,..,.,.
,-!ronmaital Und lmpbc,d by them. A Jeric:1 of oeoten oI
i,lte!Jtfon and centers ol lld.ioo would come to life ai:>
oordwg to prognunmod $t'b(!dultl throughout the struc,.
twc, tho ,paros, ,,,alls, !loon, roou, etc. S111lcwoly or
gmdwilly the lanmcapo ils<•lf would bo �led Into the
perfonnance, ....1th ll tho apen!llc ouni�tationa of eoologi•
atl, geological, biologlcru, !IICUOnal, h!.torkal and chrono­
� ldod. 1bcu tbc cosmologscul � df sun. moon,
IIIUS, r.id!.ttlons, magnetic field!, sp<IC4! . • . thr(,ugh
transfe,cnre, n:01'<.'tion. rcfr.ictloa, culugcmcot. trigger­
ing, tonclClllratloo. collectiou, 1CSp0.11sc,, n:actiu.11. etc. TI,en
"ith them the lnt,-rvmtJOn of th,, ��tic: music, roet"Y,
... Jmo arts; cil'l("IJ\4, ,l�N'. mimicry. e:te.... pu�ccrntry,
rituals .•• Sttcss must be put lr1 tho oontrul between
b and do8 and the Jf'l'Clllcnlly .-.tlld graco of which
man ls th,, origl11>1lr,,t, 'nwugh we 11ll I.now that tho e.i­
pmuncnllltor o r the docnm,-ubtor will always imprint th<!
document wltb W. own pessonal plea, "c abo Juw,,, that
tbtte b somethiug of II di.um between thu rogistulion of
11 mrturnl event and II plGy of a �lolm or �n 1onesoo.
The moro we can j!rll'Jl of t� way, ol n�lur.•, tho
mote wa ,,11l be ohle lo guugc tbt' mormity of 010' ft'­
'J'Oll.•lllllity. \\'" M:1lly move from lwlocence to tt<poll'l­
bdity, from the lnuoc:;mco of the vegctal nnJ onimAI llfo
to tl,e n-.lJ011Jub11ity of ll><, humJlll ml11J. .Both l1111·c to
mntend for their lt!c with w physkal nnd en<'T'gctiC uni•
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NOIIMATl\'E CONCf.l'T
Eo'VironmenlAI 1nlarmo.tion ,•cnu• S\'Yltnt'Hc iu£tinnatlon.
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TI1c l'DOIC we aru sliihing ou� te.. cbing mctl, ods from
the tl.':ICl1t•r-eruplncisms-puptl �. tru, niort' "" face th"
,pttttt of thc nal<<'d mind, Br 1hr n1tked n,ind I n,.,....
n !Ml
mind which hns i-t ,:itun•tcd \\ilh Indirect lolonno.tioo
and Ii» b«n ch'{lti,ed ur �noual esperic:ncc. For fn.
st.u,cc, wrc, an' two \\ays to t'-"tcl1 M Infant ahoul hnt
and cold. Ono ii lo pres<·lll to hiln im.,g� ol t"\l'ftls OC.'UJ"
ting In • bot 1unounding, bead. of >'\•cal ""�cring the
r- or a \\otunan, and images of e\'tn� 0<:ao:ring in a
roJd $1mo,mding, o.n Eskimo child hnndled In it� fur ('O.'lt.
The other ii to take his lwxl and put It und�r II wo.ter
faucot, turn &nt the bot Willer ou, tht:n the cokl For the
&ni child the l.-no"1cdg<> nf hot-eolcl "ill mnuin i11 the
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ond, it will be o personal sensatio11, ph)'lk-11lly expcrionc:ed
and directly connected with the ,-at�goriot ol adApt11billty
and survivnl.
The accumulntion of thousand, of bhs or obstnact In­
formation in the brain of the 6.rst chilJ, infor1,1Atton which
is not lnlroduced perceptually by the �llllCI to whlcl, th11
sensation belongs, but introduced dlr�Uy 101<1 th" mind
by the symbolic apparatuses of ,uund.<J (\Vord,) a,,d
sights (images), will tend to disjowt tw acrtivily of hll
brain Itom the action of bis body. The mind will lh111
tend to work out responses on a similar k'Vel nf 11b•tni�tl1111,
It will, fur ln.,tlll1Lc, liud it lc., difficult lo lndu,'C! the body
t o pull lhu lvvc:,. 5howcr!ng nMplWll on slnlngcn (hero
tJlCl.ro lt ll1'o A sf'COnd t.11·cl of uh.ltrucUon In tho qiatlal r&­
rm1t<-neoa nf the oon,"'Jutnco, 11 third level In the patnotio
rov...r mutlvating lbo crime). The n:Jced mind ls thna a
50phlstlcatcd \UJion of Llw ,11.vugo llWld. TI1e sophlstioo­
hon oomcs from t.ho lwpressivo apbc:c ol llbstract informa­
l11111 tbt1 bow, ha� i11 ,tore nnd I• l'<'Ady to pull out to
CJ<.plain and rMtlonali,., tho bchavior of tlle ()("1'100 It pro­
sldgs over,
too abstract or na•ed mind Is DIONl dilllcnlt to deal
with l!UIJI the "!lnfur" mlud t.,«,,u_�c It Is not guilt ridden
but IWl<Jtul. lt.s gnw �r� often 1•.xymrlmentl!tlon (111 a
snv11go lwist of upi;rku�-e dcprlV11ti0t1) and puu.lo 10lv•
Ing tl,.,t g�nerotc &OCfal, political, ,-ulturlll and ethlaal
ciisc3. II is no\ n�ry for th" nnked mind to go u far
as lhll brui.J, it ill <1uitc "'"111gh l<1r ,t to deal lnapprupri­
ately With tho rouwu, of lile, The general dc,;easitwng of
tl1c person, body ond mind, coupled with 1111 "ei<fllos/ve"
prl!S5URI tJ! tile intelUgl'nr,i working m,r achem.,. of action
hnsed on II wenlth of ,yntbclic rn!o!'nlAtlon, g<'tlt'J'ater 1111
intcllottu,il pollution Cur more deadly than tbo phY9lcal
doud blwcting tho �nrlh. lt Ls lnd""d rerponaible for It.
Al th,,re I! nothing lll<o tho abmty o1 tLe nalccd mind to
do ,_-eJ! the wrong thing. TI.a.ii cauaes mo"' lrttlavlll\CCI
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and, ,,.. dirt-ct oorucqu1:11u:, Wlllltl!, In ft10t the nnked mllld
Is compc,IL, d by ita own ,taocla,·d o f pt'rreptlon nnd by tho
abw1dw1ce of its i11!orJJU11ion Into fren:r.ias of foaatblllty.
Ju f<lll!lbill1) 15 made gpccuktivel)' rcw,,rdlng b> the etl1os
o[ Ad,·,•rtl.,ing-conmmt•rim,, fen.<ibllity become!! e crlterfa
far Jmirabllity, 'fo the n.tl.ed mind this L• a rullit'i�nl nnu
ncccu:1ry rc<>.5011 fur utUon. Tbl.l gluttuuy of tlu:, produc­
UoD•<.'Omumptlon mm!val ia lhtt rcrult. Thu! we have (a)
111unlor M 1hr. t-nd prorh1ct or II w,..,Jthy 1ocl111y, (l,) I.he
,odol and culturul pnupemm d<.'l'ivutcd lro,n (c:) the
erwrmous wastdulncss uf a cluouic.illy 11kk priority •tali!.
THE NAKEO �IL'\O ANO Tll:CHNOLOCY
1he da.og.:r pr<:svnted to man by the mult1medllt Is in
the "empathy" of the tedmologv for the nonn• of the
11al..ed ro.lnd; tLe mio.J not ..,nvlrotuncnl4lly Ulllluro, If In•
lonn•tion i.• d"1lned not ns the at'CUU1W11Uon uf cl4t11, but
u the combined rintn p<"ict'{'tion, the wright of the 00>0-
UH1 appropruUon of ii ;u1d Ilic ,ub.•"jucnt lnl,·rwrlJ1ng
Lct-,t'CU tllll "hot" <Lita O"'-'IUTing in the rnlud, oue a,n Ill)
that thrr• ls n rertaln inherent do�age of fn!onnntlon the
brain cun 11a:t,pt to IU:iuro n n;l�U\'O nbiUty for context
auJ for moral Jeci.•ious. 1'he nsJ..c:d mincl will •tv1a 11
gre;iter number of (nal.f'd or cold) biti of lntonnati1m AS
lhos., 11re lea n1,111l,c,rsomo, sunpl�r, noL )ol lrnught by th"
log, of doubt. And, what ls l.OOSI telling, they Lov� not
lwed u p at tht, rontact of wh:lt has re.cl,-ed them. They
hn"" not 1,ec,om-, lcnowlctlge. 'l'hb deSQribes the mo.fo of
lhc co,npult'.1; In fuel, tlml ls ,1 hat tho p11tely n.,k•-u mJnd
ls bc:il cx,mpatablc to,
Thu envlronm�nt"I lnf!>rrl'lntion nppenl• m,:,re lo l110 ptt•
1nn, lltsh, blood w1d aoul, 411 IL ls ln!onnntion dtrr<•tly
touch.iug the blopsydiologlcnl organism 1111<1 comr, to It
within ll nan-remote c,:,ntext (th� b.mu feeling tcmp<•ra•
two ln*t...ad of tbe mind gdting a symbolic notwn ol It).
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to engage ;n ( abstmct) argrutlzutlou of Lhoughtr, ft t, mlncl to the bocly. I do IIO by linking thr 11udlo-vl�a:1I to
enormously important that nt I.he biuo of the pyramid of the phydc:ul unlvene exprNSOO by tho rnvlu.mrncnt nod
mentnl construction, on the strength of which action � b ) ·compelling the spccluluf, uot luto dti!ug W. IIWJJ ti.wig,
about, there be u rich as Js circtllllstantwlly poatble A � "h,.-h he Cltn do 011 otlaer ()Ca1Sfon1, bu t ioto being I n •
ledfon of concrete perceptions to which thu 11bo1TGct no­ vc,h-d by ,1slllll nnd ncou,tie phMom.. ,u o( trn��bl,i
tions can be gauged ( hence the 11e<.- from the p bnnod ll01llt:lt1...J nod t•.wl,:utiul nulute: tho 011golng of IUlluro
to the acted) while guarding lwlf From th11 ruthless 1111111ud nnd wit.hill oun;t'lvl:ll. For iustauce, that the 1wi ill
dictum of means justifying ends or the password of tho a formldlible fom�co ii common kTlowlcdge, but \lncom­
pure segregated efficiency of p111ctfc,,.J man. In a Wll)', mon lttllng. ·ro ronvey nu lftdeliblc illlptt'sSion obout this
the gtealt!r the power of abstraction of tlul rnlnil Is, the motutrous m,u:hi.nc, w bo,1r remote l'D<lrg'.y <!lln cures, us or
more tho 1-ly <hauld haw been prt'Ylowsly trained &nd lrum 114 fntn n CTL,i, r, (If prim� Importance (or the ll(lr­
,..,_u;,.<'<I. \frr., "'14 111 WtJ'Ofl ltilllD "Lero .sanity la maHvc pr,"TDfsos of u cultured person. Tbnl on llac cnrth ol
piitnllrlly a flnc t1111l11g on wbut thu rm! is dolllg. .At Uic ,-,x,k-J,tlown matter ,1 not IC11s furmJJablo: llre i.,, to UII
opposite end oI too sc,,Jo is the not too farfo tchoo CIUB of a k!u,IJ,,J by thll lmrrnm,uly •ecretivc phenomenon 1.1f lifu is
nowbom baby boxed Into an lnfonnllt!rm matblne and also rart of n norma.tivc pint.form tor not.ion, Thel't'fore,
d�doped remotely From the vag11des of fi,5h »nd cmo­ ti"-importancu of � convl.itoo •>V�'Tlt ,�pre.sing tho linkag,•
Uon� 11110 u alupeudow 11nd il,,cly m�hln,· ror thlnldng l,etween rhyJlo-clwmical 6te nn(l l)lomcntlil fir,• within
-wbor.e lhlv.ldng e<1noot, by drcumstllllilal •upbringmg." the t\-olut!omuy Journey must bf' re:tlized. Thi� kind of e�­
.include bnt the purely mntMmD.lknl relatiooshlp of caus&­ p�tiont'C is n UIUSl II WO WOlll lo insert the phenomenon of
c,lrnct in tho ab"0lu1e tndiffert:uce townrd gtiOd nnd evil life ID the univc,nal �'Olllcxt
Thi, eo,·ironmcotal lnl.lld CAW cop.i with a ksseued own•
h<!T of dlgits boouusc lli<' dlglts ii deals with an, by tlu!m­
selvt!!l compo.tltP of 11 pure n11cl�1tS, tbto cl.ta, and o! all th e
frlns- an d ,tr11nd,i attsched to l t b y Ila& e,,n$1Uzed or­
gnnlsm Llwl bo.tJ lbcm. Then U,o apprchcnsion ol th;,
samo eYl'III, birth or death for instant.-e, II imprinted ou the
brain Jn u mony Wll)'J os thete ant dtcwnstantllll sell of
apprehcns!ou. We go theu from th" QO!d description ol the
fanatic 11na.lyal on one e�llcme to lhc pnrtfclpatory <>Oli·
l<:at of the poet on tho other, from the olean full color
wldo $C"fCl:l1 doc:11mtntntl 11n to the fully oontcmual lnlanua
of the OQn-mcdlatcd. personal witnei,slng. One thousand
r,l,,..tha 1.1n the TV serem 1119 "nol worth" one real touc:h­
obla dc11th, Whirh i, wl l y, by the way, ldlling becomes fru
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tn.si�r for tlie V "atcl,er than for the oocasionitl bu�ber.
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TIIE A?-.1ERICAN WITIIDRA\VAL

FllO�f A�1ERICA

Thu JlJJert.'llce bctween llie complex und the compU­

catctl ii that the fust hungers for ever morc "ricbne.s";
the second Is In dMperate need of •impllllt'Ation. The
stricken mcl.rOpoly, the Ci,n.!11111 Knot of QOmpllcatocl drives
and l,�akiog-dowu DU1chlucty, .illempts survlvul by d!.(.
Cu,tng lt<elf through eq,to,lon Into the ",impl!Rlld" ,ubur­
bra. ln contrast, I.he, lively oommnnity, by the momentum
af Its fnwuslty, II pwilie<l Crom wlll1fn t o uu over more
aubtlc co-ordln11tlon of things, A mord oomple; mili�u.
Fmm the complicot�nes1 of the •lck mel:l"(lpoly to the
torpor of suburbia is to go from bod to wo1-se, unless Llu.l
auburban phenomenon J, ouly n qunrnntino stntlon ex­
pectant of ll new beginning 10-.vard a vigorous liOaltll Rnd
culhtral l'nvirorunent. The hou!e (clty) 001 to he nbo.n­
dool!d from time to timo for ditinfestntJon and rcn0Vt1Uo11
Md yet It it also necessary thal tho rt>lum 1,e slYlfl uud
deotcrmluutc:. We are not aba.odonlog the cities, wo aro
tcmponu'ily Jea,ing them becaull(! they need r11COnct'J.'­
tk111 and regrnemtJon. lu t.hl., llght, tlu, urbnnlt<1 who l,e.

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comois the suburbanite, beats to tho pwich the Jo-goodor,
the social and pclllical workhorse, the planner, who are
after survival by tho domino theory In rt!V!'>'I.,. A littlt,
good here, a little good there a.nil thn UOU$0 will re­
furbish itself by the miracle of seepage, of g oodnen Into
bw:lness, which is exactly the reverse of wbnt I.I Jn l'04llty
happening: the oonversion of the littJ.1 grnaila gooduou
into unmitigated badness by the low, u( ,...,uanuuon of tho
less fol'(....£ul by the more fo.rceful. This bunoot and pious
toil pales i n the h.o.tsb light and tbo unintended comp11$•
sion of th., lny0luntary revolutionary tearing blnuolf, h!J
family, hi.I work away !rum the dty. Few- and 1natrAUoo
ora th.., lubriCllllt or bu exodus, This apru 11ial la delugo
of n glgnntie crowd of little despots bent on ll qlwi•
g,•n�tlo mutation wlll S<'<l tbe cltief go to dUflt so u lo set
tl,o stago ont-o moro for U10 myth of tho phoenix.
This 11!,,vlog Is mure rudlml th1111 the purely physical
t,aring AWAY from one'• envinrnment and resett.llng eli&­
wl,are. lt lnvolvos aoo thi! s1tcrltl0<! of t.hO!ie things which
lll'O not. a1p,wlo or bclng W:too 10 another place. Tboso
thlngr Rre the splllt of tho city llOd tho lntenBe ,aclal­
aultural-citblc artlcuLltfons grown In Ute city hy Its not
purely mouiphysloal presonco. 1t Is perhnps le.ss cobormit
than curfow LhAl • tcohnically oriented society will adopt
the oventmplJfylng tocbulqueis of tochnology to •,olvo" Its
pumdoxcs und come up with the ovemmpllllcalion of
sub-urbla. This rollanco oo Ute hidden parodlgm of tech­
nology stlpulntlng that It Is only neoessa.xy to pe!!I ono leaf
at a thno Jn order to get hnld oC the core, o.s lf reallty
wero n sllnplo onion, Is Uic dctcnnlouUc pr!soo of wOlltcm
mun. Sacb ethos gives honrt. to t.bo axodu,. The fAct Is that
tho Amerl<::m !IOclety u wlthdt11wlng from lt,eH. It Is a
m4'rivo withdrawal U,at consigns u� Job of illf011114t.lon
nnd communication lo t11dlo, television and the logllt:kll
of Nurvival und surfott to the outomabilo. Electricity, eloo­
tronl<ie, ,rubber, pl>ton�, oil, ccmvJJt 1111d o.sph11lt W"O the
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/:plrlt It A"111<-r Recornlng /:plrlt
m)ll,lcal d,·111 ex mucJ,1,ia or v.•Hhdrowal. Furthermoro,
u the esodUll Is m1L•s1,·i, and ,elt-<t!ve at the samo time,
ti,., 8o per Cffll nf 1!10 whit� middle ellLlls purgc-<l o( l.110
ao (>ef cent minunty poor, lhu wlthdruwul Is frigblfully
utClplllll. 11tl!l'efore It la 111 for a lidw rovc.r,nJ toward a
cc·"tercd blospherlenlly cohe-rent rebirth of the clvltn«. But
wlmt Is more, It b naturally utt1pilu, ln11S1nuch a$ Jt Is
counti� to tho ,plroling of llfe toward I.TIUllllife. '!'his
double utoplanlsm In tho wiU1drawo.l of 11 wl1ole society
if tlie most bnpressivc force of revolution by default. It Is
tho clo.ssio example ol tho forming 0£ a vacuum that, ab­
horred l)y oAture, ll1'ld U!o fn it, will inevftobly become the
11ago of onc of U10 1110,l cyolonlc Series of cculers, thto
t'J'O ul tho burr!Clloo of tho tplrit, tbu •c1v11�to de!" of (he
next 11111lennium.
THE REVOLUTIONISTS
Th,m, If the imhurbinilo cannot bo called tho mn.,t
rf;'Vn!utfona,y (o?Qe in tl,e United States ( l11b would bnply
!(JOUlet wUJclouauo:;s of ouo's hl.llorloal aigni8wnco), be,
(J1lll ddlnltely be the most revolut:tonl2lllg. He bas, In ad­
dltlnn, the hnnd on tho production-consumption throttle.
He Is, thus, tho maker or the breakcz of clvl.llz4tioo Wld
it uno of the myrladll furotng tl10 i'Ount.ry Iulo wJtl1dn1w11l.
th.! prM!enl pbAMi o! the Amoriean rbenomenon. Tills ,�.
In Itself, a suJ!lclent ronsoa why tho American ,oono is the
most rlpo of ..U for U10 rod.i®JlwUon of the cuvlro.umcol
with the blrth of the arcological ant �nd alt tlu, lmplic.itlou.,
it contain,.
Dlngrnmm,,tJOA!ly, Qno cun put the ovoluUonnry splrnl
In la two dimt:lll.lo1t'11 profet.'tlon Ul.lli way;
1. Origin of the urban nodule u a magnet of life.
:a. CornplexJllmtion of it into Lbe city and la alms.
3 . Tho dcterio1'1il.ioo of tlJo t'lty by way of tho oow.pUcotcd
ruuchJullI')' of expediency, lc.ss oI &Jm by d�'<--omplcx!ll­
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4 Che urban environment becomes th•J o.r1titlicsll of Its
pwpose; it bec'O(lle5 anti-human.
5, The city decomplexifieo itself into '1Ub-11rbia In lhc Ill•
tempt of ridding society and its c,11,·ui:•111n,11t of the
complicated (wasteful) mo.cbinmw, lunctiww glg.�n­
til.m and bUt'Cllucrocy.
6. The city becomes a functional, Sl'!"IR1, tul111nil vaetmm
SUTI'Ounded by o. mobile and yet omBcd, wllhdrawn
society (the present moment).
7. A quasi-physical tension causes e wind of ctnlflll.!011 of
so.-td) into 11.rCOJogl.nl systum. Sod<'ty ft'tt1ms hom
it, \\
Jtl1draw.1I.
E\'OLl.'TIONAI\Y SPIRAL
I! tlu, phasing ft'!X""ls iUelf, it can free lfscl! horn the
cyd,cal root only if •pirall)' surging upwan.1 JO u to never
retra,'I! iu pnth twice. In this light. the suburbLI <>f today
might conblln moro vitul force. lcnawledgo and tru<t than
the littli! oommunl!il'S ol ye<tmlay. This i, only J10"'ible
if 1ud1 suburbLl b also wore complt:1t th1UJ those small
uorumunlties.
C-ould II be vnlld to revt'J'Se the (l01)0<'pl and ""Y that
tlie opporit� 1.1 tn,e? Th.11 the citJ.-., .,...,,m or withdrawal
of u IOdcly that 1w urwnlzed lb<!If In the abort spa of
two grnmUfons, Wl\'C bWlt Ulce swolkn bag,, ltttlng 1M
cilbcnry return to th" bnd :mcl th" inOOOIIIIC.'e of thelr
ll1l=to11l' lunlly. Unlc:a withdrawal ,tao.ls rur the op­
posite of what It Is. Out; does not withdraw Iulo th,:, storm
11or does on11 '1le0k n ttopprnlso.l of one•• RH by an fn•
v=lon in the C'IDTentl of life that 1DO>t llkdy ha,-c
trlgg.nd tho dcwe ur tho uc�..i for .clf�tion. Nor
ls the psyc�on12tic tt.netion of withdn,w11I ( ltl,e the tnllll
ttlrnct.lng !ti clendril, and itself In its mobile home which
Is Immobilized in tl,e trailer park) • ttactiou that will
mue ono walk into tl1l' bins of bolling water be(JauJ11 ol
li,nr and cfuou�t.
Ooc withdraws from intensity, not into It, as one ",th.
draws {1QO) coadillo,11 wLJch bottom fo tho dttnd for
de4th. Death it not a place lot ";thdr:,wal but a po
IO rcturu Cram, iC that w,;rc a.t all poAJblo. BotJ, great
bllndlng events and �y and naught arc the sponJOrc
(J[ withdrawal Suburbia Is o pl.:ic,e la.- quleaoence, for
11<>u-a.ctklo, and slAllds wspeudod within the stonn tcuring
away bcitwf>al Jntc:osity 11id nallghL 11ie holy ffl$11 wilh­
dmw from the corrupted Sodoms Into Cl8ves o r up
columm. The .Hlumt m•n ,vithdraws ftom the Comom.lu
to the padded •comfort" o f the suburban bODIO. 11iey both
� -,,ethlng bettn fTOm llfe. Neither of them can be
o:intn,dlct"4i iC the apprals,,l is a one-talr.t> mot. How
mywtffylog tl\lJ Sat protpc<:tiYe Is explain• how utopian,
mught, the thing It.self Is. Unler.1 p<'l'lp«'lfve Is given to
this ·thing" tl,o c:orpoaty of the pheoomilnoo le4,u tho
prcmJses of tho prer.ent 1.11d any change, uo lllliltcr bow
grlm, h oalled p,ogre,s.
Unlimltcd Withdrawal. the pr0>poctin1 takcu awu:v Crom
tbe future. r, unlimited renunciation as It slgn.Jle1 !hat tho
cballrnge of Intensity ha.s been shut •wa>· and not ro­
apondod to. Once the w!lhdn.wol bu permitttd tht' ,.
or!enlJltioo of ooc'a own po,tun,, out> might find thiat
th<; elcmt'llt mla!ng In 1t1burbla b the Intellectual PN""
sure I.hot lw driven the aatn t into a withdrawal poioo 111
■ Jt"P)ili>gttoo<: far cthcreali,aUoo. The: withdrawn subur­
banlti, ,trlltet one a a step In il,o oilier din.'Cl.lot1. TIM:ro
tl,o lteppfngstonr, �mes 1h11 tabem;iclo well ttodced
for hfb«natfon and desensiti1.Ation. ni., cxmn"Clrrrt or TV
and ndlo, linlung It to I.be world by nrik!ng the chords
ol lcu iwd disocmfort Into tbo wcll,fed If not 1ullcu body,
mlgbt not for • whllo Ill le:lst reawllken a � but
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m•ka Jt bum,w ev..r more in th,, cnu:ks of i,olatlon and
llelf•N!115'111'1We>e, Comfort and ·"�IJ.bcing" (physical, t"4t
is) cli,eowuge rw, adVt,nture and 1e:lf«nmin>Uon. They
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whlcl1 is that conc11tlon that tends to !<rep those mme
comforts, nnd physical well-being. OH! of tlu, house in tl1t1
first place. \Vbat ";U make the witJllh11wal tcmpornry 111JJ
fJ'1.litfnl ,viii be the human collScit'Tlt<" Th<• tntrU.,.'t aiu
betray man more easily than his atm"Jmc�. llllilllllltly
mao will burr<nv- ont 1)£ his pl')ll<t11 not bccauso oE a
crystalline vision of a new era but L,..,..U>Q h11 wul will
literally throw him out of the Q000Qn1 of thc �. \\'o
witness such things right now, M it mostly h.,ppm• by
the cbannels of the offspring, its vithdil) i• marred by tl,e
•1-n\-., of direct j>el:SOnill CO$I:. The child hods it f.1r
CUJ\U' llO gi•o, awuy tbc bGskc,tJ'ul of app� I.WIii tLc
pnrmts who h.1,,,. gon� throui:h the often ngonlzinl{ process
or producing !he oosletful, A more re,,li,tic a.tlt!ISMent of
the •ins ol the fothcr& (end motl,c-n) is that the) arc a
murky as:tcmbJ.ige of 1hortc<11lllngt, more than either the
fc,v b�lsht'S on mndid ,now o! stlBl'Lffl\est tn;ll,Y of
them prcterul or lhe bl.ie:k tnr c>f c,v1J mlUI)' of the IDI\I a11tl
daulthkn arc J<> delirious about. Bul tho gtmn01ity of
lgnnrnnr.! of IOIU Rnd d1111ghtets con be onl) 11 Berling
l-L::::.::1ng If the -nltun o f ,t i.s not Jtmnger than the
impetus cbing the gap bctw«n »hunditnce und dcrclk­
tku (the livlllg ou th� ,pin-oilJ !rum 11w opulent ,ocl.:ty),
And the deprived arc nol by d!spofhion tho good c:unnrf.
but!<. Sun,i,'lll doos not impl)• a holy di�otion, Ju<t •
fru!(IU ouc. 111,11m•w:h as i;rcc:d b )till bf.')'OUd ouc·• own
mNlns or plwu.
KNO\VLEDCE
'l'he return !tom wit.bdn,w,J hnpU.:. tho rcoppeM>nce
of a rfoher $<!I£ reody to give of ill own to mw. as a
dh·idcnJ of one's uwn grm.th. U the return u 111,otlu-r
l!SClp<t, OM among llw IWlO)' It Is ll prdty sterile act
amoug utl,rn.
American ---!oly b withdr:1,,ing from ltJcll. l t is • mu­
siH• migrntlon Away from tbc ccmlM"S tbnt were being
formed by the urhanfz:ition of rural Ammca, The flnt 1111-
ptesdon Is of ur,bow,<l dynamism. a whole, !Oeiety qui._.
.log alld llowfng u U a 111.wd.red volauloes Lad goue luto
opetatlan eruptjng &.b, minds and homo faber-rnagfcal
worlds pci"pt'tually aglow nnd smoldering, The decrpU®
that � the m••slv;.:ues• oC lt all b WJtAntt, �
tlon and ill>lalion. that Ame bol.llfon that Is at th" tlDd of
the tnnnel and obicw1,s to their pcirtlcipant lheir partld·
pcitmy UCQly, And .i! dynam,mi is to bo gauged by en­
ergy tnn<fet' (consumption) and �'l'8dation, dynamic Is
the pl"OCC$$, go.rgnnmlllly ,o, bewilderingly .., , .. par.llit•
lcally IO, uwurtw1Ald)', Vok-aal.nn and holbn, do IIOt
im,et In moit C1MS and th" dynamlc:I of holt.sm, tho UMr·
ringly -•creel �enon of Ufo, i, not m!Mllurnble by
energy c:oanwipt>Oo bul by bow much of thil phyikal CD•
agy rmi,i-r, In the suhtL..,., mebmoq,ho,ed fomi of en•
ngy o! the ipirft. n,c furnacc is jl)ltilied by the warmth
of tho house.
Ono can obscn-e thtto distinct waves. Ooe W11\-e, now
•'1111lng. ii tbe m!gn,tloo from tho !And into the towns and
dt!cs. Jobs a nd opt.Ions of lifo modes througl, bmJag and
dvfc institutions were tbr drhing fo,cet. ,\noth<.T ls the
crodu, from towns and cllios toww the suburbGn dJ.u.
pant; COG1fort, •simp lJcity,.. •oatW'e's setting.• -llldcpfud­
cnce; the d�vfng gour, A third wave is the CW,-IJIOV•
Ing rl One thlnJ or IC or lhe popubtion from Job to Job,
fzom mlngt, to mlrago, from novelty to moro a£ tho same,
motlw.tod by occ:esslty (job marl.et), by uprootcdnC$1,
by curlosfty, by tnitahillty, by lacl: of ..,Jf�lpllno. Tbo
true symbol of lids ubiquitously peripetetlo fraction of
h111D11olty Is tho mobile home and the l%llller court. N�cr
mint! that the one, Of tMI, or three! � of "'heck under
the Boor ttlUld well be hi cardhocud as tJu, ho!m" 15 v"ry
11:ldom rolling, The f.act b that tho t.enllnts nrt1, and tho
roWog ■tock under the floor gh"C:S tl,c:,n tho com.forutblo
fe.illng of l!lght oo a morncml'1 uotJoa. £\en J and when

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the house expands nround the aluminum core Into bric:b &audulcot lo their souls and, faced by the naught of bo­
and stones, pots and plastic chairs, th, ILlme Is krpt bun,. latlon, will turn to the compl6 phenomenology or co­
ing and Mercury is still postured 011 the edge ol his -i. operative and lnstrumentaliZl'd llfe, the whole three, four,
ready for Hight, unmindful of the ompty wcl<et that mlgb& &vo Qt who bio..� bow 111any billions oI us making it.
be left behind.
As the second and third waves are the thing or the mo­
ment, what really is being acted � the ",tbdrawal al an
entire nation from itself. Such a Jari:e phenoatfflOD ,a going
to produce tensions of cataclysmic fnten,ity. We are feel­
ing now just the 6rst premonitory shall'.s and th� am,ady
are 1.-aving polincian•. «ooomistl end pl.u,,neu out of
breath ..oJ h.ill-witt.-d. The ix-11> of society hAs given
awD) 1111d no amount of deodorant eon conceal !or long the
nnpleas:mt odon< of the half-dlgolcd '0Clnl and c:wll pro­
tdru tlltUlitt-J out into tl,c air alreoidy saturated with tho
bigi:cr and snwlcr-than•filtcrs tttlmo-dollu particles.
The pendulum $\\;llgs 110 far out nnd up and with ruc:h
a pondero\lS lood of attributes, one th,ng of '""'>thing far
every llWI. "omo.n, child DD<l pet and with such dread of

r=
soulfulnMS, that it is tho most kinetic or all swords of
Dnmo...les. It \\ill return hurricnn�l,ke in to "pn,s­
rurl,.c" society ill the �d10!0matlc pha.wutenea of a
robom socitty, or it will put to /lw and rury the whole
tonttnent. Of this rotum the Jim coogulations aro the com­
muuc,s ever 110 inno<.'ftltly sold as the "Garden of Edai
\i>llr llooo; not In Scars or NASA catalogues but In the
earth cata!O/(ues and iD tho tend�'!' folds, butterfly bralol
of tho llowtr children. Swept awa>· or �zable after
tho lint 1Wault ol the tmdtrhumMized suburbanite., �
will have fQundc,d for th" Lut time the simplistic way, of
a nature, orfginnl In pristine times, now out ol synchrony
Y.ilh it. 0"11 �ul, man. The 11ncomplicated commuoe
dweTI<TS ond the UJadcn.'Omplex 1uburbanites: one group
Llborwg for a Chrlstfan-eommunism electroo.ically roclclng.
the oth,·r wa,pi-hly c:1pltali,tlc and electronically automa­
tized "ill CUIS<O innocence w be" atwi.Dg iD their pell, 10
 JOY AND ANCUISII IN THE
LUST BAG (Fragments for n
Doctrine)

rt might ½ lhnt of nil nets, bar none, the orgnm1 !.t

that Intense cvt:nt In which the, two most tclliug chnrnclct'll
of tho hwnane-plnyfulnt:ss 11nd anguish-fuse more into
one, and do ,o on the bridge of or(,rnnlc life. This fuf!on
bas a lot lo do in mllldng tho orgnsm a u.a.lqucly ,,.�tfacd
condition, which ls somewhat as mctaphyslcally preb,nant
a.� phym,loglcnlly pregnant tho act might bo.
The exubenwco of tho body which makes for plnyfuJ.
oess ls llke a thread guldiog male and female, on the edge
of exlsteoce and ot his stronger best glvea them in one sole
paroxysm tho physiologic.ii thrust and a mental glnncc
I nto naught. A, If conscloumess were to pull Itself Crom
under tho I and tho Thou, nnd do It th ere at the peak
of Joy, leaving them prey to fol't'eS to which they do not
belong. Al I! to say, "llcre, see, eveo at your 'lllbllme be.t,
the chasm of naught engulfs you."
It would seem, then, that IJ!o ma.Ices use of the sexual
urge u the device by which to smprls,. moo, the playful
Rnlmal, with a sudden Ude of anguish, a catastropWc
240 The llrt,li:a lfolW<'<n Ala/In i,
rothar,is, While the body ls run throuwi by ,omctbJng
that has driven away playfulness and brought in fury,
the 6st that such fury shakes at tbt• god� tnms into a g�
tore of terror 311d a plea. There, at thut insllwl, one Is emp­
tied and made ,iseless: one becomes the dispos�blc, re(:cp•
tacle. Then ooe dies {Dionysus) as often n1 one c<>pulates
and, in the dissipation of the mouwut, the female i1 the
receptacle of a shattered being, as well us the mooring of
his semen. Consummation is in this rculm a very appropri­
ate word berouse, at least for the male, something inside
n
Is "given up psychologically os well ,1< physiologioolly.
In the unconsunwd orgail'ID, the wrctd1e<l Christ finds
roccptudc in tho body of tJ10 mystic priestess and, fueled
hy the burning srmrn of the body, the flnmo of His soul
,hrvnd• h�r. Dy thi� flery t11mout, joy and anguish fu11t1 tu
cornpou11d tltl' food, the cucrgy, tJ1e light for the mind of
man. There Civitute l.)c,i is tho mystic priestCSf, affame by
the burning of m,tn Christ ns Ills playfulness &shes
Against the ma�sive wn11 of anguish nnd prcc1pitutes tba
esthctogcnclio mct11mo1phosis.
Th!1 mctnmorphosis Js lho novel quantum that, winble
to crt:ate !lself through th� orgn�m of the body and the
biological ccnceplion, bursts into being n1 cthcrealizcd
cmorgonce illto the o,g11s111 of lhe mind. It is tho emet•
gency of tho oec�slon which is Ill.Ide into the emergence
of lhtt opirit. Em<'rgcncy ls oftf'n the catalyst or the trigger
for the emcrgc11cc, of II new cousclowncs,. Frie11dlhlp,
tcnclcml':.S, lovo thnt might novcr sutfoco between two
persons who hide th�mselve1 under n shield of banalities,
wlll do so through tho opening made by some condition
or �mrrgency, This condition b not limited to physical or
psychologil:.11 trnnmn! of II negntlvo 111\ture, but can be
moro prorni.ingly of n culh1mJ-•oclal klnd. By rubbing raw
fn one spot tho tough skin of ll(!!f-ddense, too lrllWWI•
emergency "'fl"�. ns in metol weldin!(, ns much of the
pura 111cl11I us to let tht• heat of the situation fuse ono to t.he
Spirit t, Ma*' Bec<>mlng Splrll
other. A poem, u pluy, 11 movie, n cityscnpe, n rending,
powerfully chnrged, cnn mnkc for the encounter. This
emargem-e, by the me,clintory prcst'ncc of tiio cullural
event for wWch the lt1.1t!tution5 of knowledge and culhire
Aro necsanry, might never come about, hut ft dot's whf'II
tho conditions of emergency huve odoquatc in.nrwncnts
themselves with wWch to m.1.ke possible the cmcrgcn�e
Into grace. The instruments and mediator ore in this case
exlrll•pouonol, culturnl. In the orgMm there is somehow
both the condition of cmcrgcn,'Y nnd the forments of
emergt'Ilce, The dile,11111.1. Is that those ferments are most
active the closer one is to the final blow, but 1till on this
side of it, before it.
111 some way then, the orgusm is un nbortlve creation
where the emptiness of tho a!tcrrnnlh Is the phys!ologicnl
counterpoint of n mom"nt cre:itlvely 11Stmy. ln oth(.'1' words,
In th" orgasm are two of tJ,e three ingr.. -dieuts of csthcto•
genesis: joy, anguish und vision, where vision has been
played down by playfolncs., which Is nt the end to be the
swpriscd companion of angui>11.
As vision and pluyfulnes.. nre somewhat ttl.1.tcd {tl1ey
both tr=nd the rt1tlonnl), some degree of cre,1Uon nib•
into the org11Sm os somu orgMmlike fluttering is lfl tho
creative aot.
Furthermore, 1111gnL1h, to he oonsclou� of itself, m1L�t
hide within its sullen body £rngments o! joy as only Jn
ooo's own opposite one Rnds the trua deprivntion of 01,e's
couditlon. AngulMi Is otJ1crwisc, 111 !ts purl! i.uJ.lt=billty,
d1!$peratlon.
"Joyless" onguL�h Is tht) bluck hol� or de'lperntion Into
which We (ullJ to become oucc mol'e the dumbness und
unconsdousncss of matter-energy. "Joyful" anguish Is tl1,i
"necessity" of taking that snme unlVt>r,;� c,£ m11ttE>r-t>nl'l'gy
81 both the media 11nd the aubjf'Cl for the csth�togmesis
of tho becoming. ln n, much as fear is pnrt of the situntion,
fear can be seen � the objl'Ctillc,1tion of anguish; if so,

one can 6nd its resolution by caging away die objeat.
When the obj ect is too large for any <'&P, feat I,;, ◄
an Immanent resident of the subject. It II agullll, tliea,
because in such cases the con£rootatloo II betwIIa die
living and all that which the living eoes u bis OW" cn I
For this state of tbmgs , 1'UIIDlng away Is to rac ID __.
folds of such nemesis, The resolotlon II gme,11. die �
turiDg by anguish of the deterministic DMp-bag of the
universe and the blossoming on it, anJUDd It, and lcaDy ID
it of the esthetocompassionate universe of the ap&tt. '1'1111
Is why fear Is sterile whllo anguish II £ert!le. When the
consciousness of Joy gennlnatet wfthln angollb. the -
pas.oonate takes bold there, £rom orgum OD one elde and
creatloo on tho other.
A$ ooo Is deprived when one ls one half of the "'-n
llnlmAI, ft is expected that In the abeeoce of the pbyllololl­
cul "resolution ; the lndlvldual will attem pt OD bis OWD tbe
"rtunt" of crootion and rua:eed at t1mell to llailkieat& by
leaping beyond the organic. But the p.uenoe al badl an­
guish and joy must furnish the 00lllpaaloaate ,,OHled
Vision 11 the structure which, fert:illzed by the aompea­
sionate, will genninate with the creative act.
Vlslon Is the non-necessary In gredient of orgum. bat
when present will make of It both a more � _,.....
cuce and a more pain-filled one.
The envelopo and the cemago of thclO eJcm.111 11 lmt­
the orgimlo hunger swaying OD Its swp u-1 tnteJJeotueJ
lndiJl'erenoe, the body and the p,yabe.
I£ )Ult u • bag. empty of ODIDpusloll and q, depd,zd
of v1$ion, then •nim•lfty la aD that Is there lo wlWt oat. U
vlllon is In, In Its lo nely eelf, it is then like � oHc4ceJ opera­
tion curled furiously to Ill concloslon OD the .,__ iocb
of disconoect!on and llnaDy dl,gn,t. Vision ac,. not _.
vive a "purely" intellectuallzed orgum. It will llwtta
and take In Its downfall the IOUi which anyhow bud hem
In tho betrayal from tho beginning.
.,,,.., Ir W- B«omln& Splrll
It goes without saying that the esthetlo act does not ne­
e ltate Ille lmtful bag for its advent, though it might be
that such • oontalncr had 11 pmocmtal function at tho ori•
pi of maa'• history.
The lust bag contain• also a heterog1meo1L� awemblnge
of things: the aggressiveness of the bWlter, the prolectlvo­
_, oE tho male, bis po5'CSSiven,.,., the body COWltcr,
the edventurer, tho mocker, nnd tho female things some­
how .ymmetrlcally diaposod. In for le11 attractive cases,
tho sadist, the l'llper, the torturer, the killer.
The playboy hu a hard time finding himself In nil of
this. Adoolam Is not n too versatile field of endeavor nftor
all. Innocence alto bas a small comer In it. Innocence ls
the stage where the phenomf'!lon of !Jfe bas yet to step into
the world of anguish nod vision. This bring, in the grove
questlou of how short-changed Is tl10 Hpcrmissive" youth
of today If to be worthy of sex ls to have passed tho thresh­
old of innoceooe into the craggy lnndsonpe of good nnd
evil and the improbable grace to be sought in it.
Thll seem, also to confirm that the esthetogcnetic proo­
- 11 beyond lnnocen<'8, beyond tho green pashll'es of
early youth, where anguuh is but a flutter of the heart.
Clvltate Del is then a dty of adults. Indeed, tl,e city Is
by man that bu grown Into the full aolf, far past the ln­
nocenco of the Carden of Eden, beyond the c:ollages of
perceptloo. into the structure of unck-rstanding and tho
IUierance of its limitations. There, oper8tlng In an other­
- that alowly converts ltst'lf into the inwardness of a
new , larger creature, inclusive of the 1 and Thou , strands
ol joyfulnffl again begin to radlato outwardly and now
from what bu become the core of the city, tho l1anshu­
DIID milleu oE Clvltate Del.
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Anguish - Joy
Anguish + Joy
Anguish+ Joy+ Lust
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- D�
Compouioft

-
Orgo,m
Anguish + Joy + VLrion
Mineral No orgasm
Vegetal No orgasm
-
-
Creatlorl
No ,_,,,odualofl
=�....

- I!eprodudloa
Animal
Humnn
Orgasm
Orgasm
Mental "Orgasm"
-
-
ReproducUon
ReprodlJctlon
Est1w:togenuu
+Joy+ AnguaJt
 CIVITATE DEi (The �futant �Inn)

beg/Ming of O
�- but - obaml.
"'°""' '°"''""
A, tho md of a ,,,-, man II obud. Al 11w
fflOlt mlglrl H
w• ..,, -­
lmally but uo
The camplesfty of the dty acts upon man not only cuJ.
goenetblly. The lndlviduals more atruned
to ill ownpJedty will be more coosislC!otly reproduced
tlu, tllOpdic field ,, ,.,,, beglllnlRC .., orilllt tbroap tbe parental chain. The ones not 10 attuned w!D
each po,tfc� (tllOMd). Tiu, taeJl pall•• I,,­ !encl to leave ps ,e or not have ofsp,ing. More important

and,,.. por«ci., � °"""

off In t/uJ futvn but t/uJ mapef fl Ojll 1PI
IMMUII\II ,. ,..
lty tlu, IIIOpff (which """""0, God) .. ..,,
#lf-con,tn,dlng and tlu, frxo, � .. - ,.,,
tmdefoNd but oz.o hlghlg 11np,ob.W., nae .,,_
,urd,/U#lnconcek,oble.
lldl ■ Iha Dlllure al the Intimate coan,ecdoo between tho
wbauite ad tbe arbis. If It is Jove or balnld, CODvealcnoc,
opp-•• 111, tbint for learoing or fol- luxury, gi\"e and
tab « pmultlaD-lf any of thole powerful but MinbUlgl­
bJe• '-- -1 lb e, bave any genetic �gs, 1.1-
lm !ipl'W ltlelf II directly depeodmt oa what the urban
• ....., II, to develop. to evolve Into � more and
- leH sir mu-Iced by thole geDl!dc empathies fa..ored
by tbe mllte-L For a tel!-1-.,0,llible and passionate popu­
latfoa. tbe mflleu la COMJ'Udive and bopeful and is
wcaday vf a..a&iC6. A ,iqualld milieu by convene will
-., p"'1c Nlection of diminlahed vitality OD the one
laud and of banb and belligcnmt natures OD I.ho other.
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URBAN MUTANT 7.RE£" ENTERPRISE t.lUTANT

Natural selection worl<s bezself In tho quasi 6ctloaal nA­
tU1'85 o£ the c!ty and .lillleas of ever changing kh>ch b go!Dg
to make for the prevailing charairten. Tbc New Yorker Is
of a different breed from the Iowa fumer ool only c,ultut•
ally but genetically, especlally once the brooding bu got­
ten its own momentum, If the New \'cdar WIii OClll of a
kind, and not one of many New Yorlt kinds, mcl gn,ed
was its kind, then the race would nurtut11 In her New
Yoric \'.'fflllb a homlnkl � by a &KJVcl rtngle-mindcd•
Deb and empathy tnwud iv-'ltu,a,
Bow much of tht1 appllel tn the "\Vmle1n Culture,•
and how powerful the 1Way might be, la a g,,we qumJon.
11 W11 00l'l<:e<k! also that greed bu to '-! ui- lbelf Clll0II
tbe peon, and !Mf'k (the not 8t) are weeded otlt, we tare
J..ft wltb a ,elf-destructing phcoomenqn, A o«uesb hidden
within the genetJo enigma 11.11d brought lo fndtlan by
e:risteodtll choloes and indlnat!on1 marldng the envlroD­
ment lo arucli waya a1 to 1DOWball the i--tlug Into lll
own deltnu:tloa.
l i this taJcet p� lo tbe COD.11':!<l ol clviliution, then the
rt!JPOl1llb!llty of tho bding lllmlbent of aodety takes aJ,io
a - di-.!on. To tJ>e todal and cultur41 � that
can only wock on tho acquired cbaracu.- of the pason 10
that hl.t olbprlng can at leut theoretically IIICMI to any of
the soda.I aod cultural nk:bea not touched by the panmt II
added the far - pmi.stmt, Le. � paoas"'o ol .i­
or rapid mutation p,ocese, governed by the Iron role ol
•� scledloo "-here the "twist" II la the trandorma­
tlon and transfonni.ffl'I of the n�11,raJ by the doing, ol man.
Natural telet'tl.tln for the cit)' dwl'll« fJ manly Dl'Ml1
Jel«-tlao, u nahlftl In thlt cue men to coaclltlm,s whlch
are or an urban na11� and url>anlzatfon It dill In progr,»­
•lon, Investing IArg� alld luger populiltloaa.
The d�solatfoo oC the ghetto at the end might liOt t>c the
tnM darn•ging aspect of the city, oar the violmt man
moved to crime u ht, Is poor Jn offspring, Y,'hat wW do
mm in Is tho iocmising predominance of the IOdally llnd
«on0mltally •�ve typt1 motwuted by potent or h l tl ­
d<11 gi ccd u he II IU�-essful not just culhlllllly lrut abo
gcnc:tkally through tho rcL,tively lnrgcr rpawulng of ulf­
J'(fflllg. who are alten rnde1wed by both pnn!l111 with tlie
geu, tic cunning fo,'Otllblo to tbe ,un·ivoJ.plw of tbc c:om­
pttltlve "free" enrNprise society.
(JJpwt Dlight be o plienowenon I n "11tch closely f or the
pcmible detection of a breed of mQn frightfully flt for a
IIOdcty dad In steel and plastic and 0111(51 (I.( the c:motklu
cf tbe tendtt llosh.)
·ro ro.ter the pcnowil life of peoplc1 1en!ltizcd by the
broad spoctrum oJ lilc, is then .sufllcilent only if we 111'11 ablo
11t tho u.me timfl ta put them In the posltlOD o£ brcedi.og
tlurir own kind, at nate:. which are greut.ir t114D th.i nal.i.
&ltrlbuted tn the greedy kind.
now the law o£ probability would tzi.ve us promising
5tatl.tka It still a guea, but tt would 5eem tlut tho o1I­
spring of two white CRb will be • while kitten moro proba­
bly than lf both parenrs Wffl! ealicm. Notwithstanding
qUDDtltativu Vlll(Ut!ll'"- the env!ronment-physlclll and
non-ph)'lklal-play, a detmnlnate part in forging future
man. and whlk, tLe c:ullwul aspects are Jhcd al ooch lifo
Cmuuution, the n11mhff and tho mtlun! of "lltltctt'd" off ­
sprin� Is a bnmdiug that feeds Ill own kind a,iore and
more Into the dominant mutation.
TE'lUUTORlALITY AND REVERENCE
U balding and t'ffl'ltro!Ung, the -1kd �tmitoriol l m ·
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ASS'IThlPTIOXS
J, Comcqu,,nt lo 11w (ortu­
ltaw or diolnf triAAffl tlg
of life, th• 11nlcer111 o f nw.,.
-,ingy I, fn 1/.e proccu
of nl1£reall:iri, fuel/ lt"O
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mo,ph<>N of ,,.,._,,wrrgy
lnlo,pirituthflewNn­
cnJG.llng complmty of ,y..
tfllY Ctln!(f� on t/ie lfflM•
fOtmOt/on.
3. TIN ,pollal rn«lwntun
of pulttng IIIOlll mlo 1-ol­
lmclng for thll lncnrMrllo­
tlon of complmty, It th.
minlmurl=allon ,,_.
+ On '"'- lltlrlh, ''"' mod
comp,diffl,l.-lfn,cf1m1 ,,,,_
bodying ,,.. becoming of
tthq,�fon ",,,., c,,ty,
TREIIEPOJUC, POll llL\L MAN, TIII!: CIITY Ill Tfflli CIYlll\D DIC.L
CONSl:QtJm;C8S
A. Thll5 the dty, lhil Nhe­
realmlloQ -ma.dune." 1s
rigorously g,nu,.od by the
phywlcal � ru1e:I of
complmty-mlolabal'&Dtlon.
B. Anlaog tho many op­
tion, offered to oonlllmpo­
nuy mao. tho OQIDplet miD­
laturlzed dty " tho IDut
opu-1 ll>aPDueb u It fs
mandatory for tho ,pirit of
the earth.
C. Thia eJty JI • IIOOlal. pc>­
htka� -re, -.I. cuJ..
luml lmpa•tlve and ancis
tllll demognphlo � It
11wo • survml-lty.
D, This gllltll the Ile to
molt of OUJ pklritlel and
demylhologmc � 'Ibe City of the axnpeSP011B•• man. the ewlvlog man
man, .. bispandigm, ...
beDlcrvpt. The � mm la
tho man of the -i,l:lt.
11011ably, as the ldlltt lnrtl.oct •� to be the way o£
i..st raort far even most ol the -ned criminals. t.loni
� than tho temlorial impenbvc almtdy disputed
by - II that ol the lhreo ldncb of respect DWI might
show toward tho t!IMIOllment-the coetoecl kiDd, the 1eU­
latc.lort kind, t.bo r.iverentLal �-cly this last bas any•
lhlng tt> offP.T of a bopef ul 1111tuni. 11>0 oth« two an, dl­
l'IICtly rel.ated to tho greedy oat'Ql'e of .ggtesstl• mr:o: .bl
lha lint, the gr-1 and power holding ol miooritiel; In the
,eccnd, the opn1ence sp>drome ex the dllueat (de�
craticP) IOt'ft>ty,
}J lor SUlVlval, it is reo.sonablo to a<sume that tho lcind
of l1ll'Ylval of the hllDllln spode, II o£ a di!Iffl:llt natutc
than the rurvival, J.,t'a ay, of the scorpion rpedeJ, If lo
the two or tluw mlllloo ye11n tho aoorpton lw net
cb■n�, thco II.I lliDI must be the peipetuatioD a£ • c:ertaiD
dmtlar ffCl>t, • parpetual. sclf•,epeatfng ritual of • c:mo•
bma.ttoo of pcote!n-enzymet, etc., t ho 11UMval of a status
quo. Cau that be tl.oo laud of 1'•unoo sw:vlval ar f that is
tho evcmtual kfDd for an armstod (foail) lttunan kiDd, is
011r dme the time for its begtnningl' lt would be a fanmtic
� of time, space and our penoaal presence . Fu
more probablo is that ow p,111<!111 aurvival. u It 1w been
fw tho wt lllUI)' adlllon., of yeon Is a turVtval of a pro­
gressive momentum, a progreaai,-e, evoil.ldve surv1YaL Theo
our paetlc ltrudu:c IsslilJ very much In tUJmOil. \Yo 11n1
-ldng ounehu g,,nctlcally as • ,pcc:lel while ODDsttvct•
Ing ounel,w cultlllllDy one by one In O\lr Individual C)W.
Tim cm IN THE L\lACE OF �iA.'11
by doftnltfon If ll!e II ,eeu as the tnnsformatbi of -tter
Into ,ptrtt, the lovable city Is tho Civitate Del if It IS by its
h,taoedi,,fi! that the mutant man Is a.bundaJllly the Jll.llO
tlm1 dons out ci lcn-o. Furthe111..re, a the lcn,ible d.ty I,

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2 Th4 BrltT/:I lkt11!<!,n Alalur Ir
not a withered nod slumbe,ring thing. ll is ul.o the cily
of �vision,•
The lovable city is then the only clly thnt 1111, any prom•
ises for the species as well as being tho ouly cily that can
offer personal FulS!lment If, furthermore, the dty ii tho
cradle of cultuml and civilizing presSUN!8 o, ft 6eeDII to be
SAid by history, then the desirability of tht> Civlh1to I)c,f
becomes an imperative. The only pl)lli In I.ho forc,t of I.ho
futme that will cooduct i:nan into the llgbt of gmce.
Civitate Del, the "Loving City,� C'lll'IDOt Ignore either ODIi
of tho gcnotio and oulb1ral mtll'ldt1gt, la II way the rell­
glous would tc11d to lnBucuco the gcuetlo, in tho setlllu thAt
thoro 1$ the Seid whcro o trend 0lUl bc«lmc QQ ''l11$titlct"
ond mon woulcl boc9mo Innately moro oom_po.s,lonQle,
male.Ing hlm&elf into a more lov.i.llg spt!cles. The aeuuLr
would tend to the cultUJ'lll, bringing more knowwdge and
oroativity to mon.
Tbe resultant of the =po.sstonoto ®d the •visionary"
would be the esthetogcnem of the �tnllt world, 1110 tnlns­
blologtcal crcuilon of rellllty rc.,ulblllt from the combined
trw;l of gcnotlc clhcre11llzot.lou (lovo, thoologfcol) and cul­
tural metnmcnpbcims (knowledge, ontologlcw).
b there any dJJforcmte butweca the 111.m of tho alty and
tho rum o! tho Cutl101l0 (univcranl) ChwiihP Thoy nre ono
and tho iume. In II Vilt)' pb}'IICUU w11y, tlw city ii tha
ChuNh, a plitoe for reverence becnuse It [J Iha plnoe where
tl10 highest ovent of thts earth, man, [J battling the wages
of (mr, lgnorunoc, dccoptloo, butxcd, duspnlr Wld aloth.
Is there o oon\Tooiotlo.n, ond whero ii It, between the
atero cbM1oter of the survival oE tho 6ttest, picturing Iha
winning 8lllllllll ns the stronger, OlOst CWlwng, but r;ot by Q
long shot most lovoblo, twd Lbs muto.ot most opt to Uve In
nnd f�ter the Clvltate Doi?
From tho C<'Onomk�il at.,ndpolnt man might hav" to bow
to homo snplens and homo creator Md lc�p homo too­
nuulfcus In JL• ln,trumentaJ, sup_{lOl'tlvo {l<)Sltlon.
Splrll II Moll�r 8.iew>mln(: Splril ll$l
l'olltlcwly mM might buve to ollllbrate tho one-man on<>
voto ,o u t o owhlove I.be only l:ruQ dcmOCl'lltlo soolcty
where authority is to tally scparutcd from power, Qnd
power ii acting under the guidance of tho knowledge nu•
lhority ls based on. (Authority as convlnc.ing �er not a,
ooorclve power.)
Morelly. we might hove to ft'Qch a ole&r understanding
of the difforcnoc butwoon plousoes, and compwlon aud
why ono might cor1tr�dJcit I.be olhcr.
Ontologically, we bettl!t tnke sides In tho struggle bo­
lwt'<:n wh11t fo,tcn the ll£o of U1e spirit and wbQt does not,
u one Is moving with the e8tl,otogenesis of tho xeal wblle
the other Ill obscunu1tism.
TRANS�iGURATlON
At all levt!ls, the lev<'r !or survivnl and lltnecs ii not
acqules�'TICO bul luu.:n,lty and commltmeot. WJd aurvlval­
filnllSll h� to count not nn CClllHervat1011 (scorploo) but
transllguratlon (mru,-,plrit). Furthermore, to go WI/ODS In
any of those II to dclllu Lho mut11Dt wblob ca n ethercal17:e
tlu, physical untvcn;;,, ll l1 not to achieve Clvll.llto Del.
'l'o go right Is in wiy case o qu.tsl-endJ� journey Into the
future on<:e ruch £ut:uro is at least 1Uggestod by the
obsuuro gropings 0£ biogene.il and by the Bnl WlliUJ'O
stt-pt of homogeneslt.

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wrltt,·n during t/"1 year, Ml,-4 b,Juw,
Tho Sculptun, Earth ( 1glh)
Crwtsman 1111d Obsolcst-eooo ( 1ga nnd ig66)
3
New Envirowucnt (1g65)
Bulldoze.r �f4n (1968)
Topics (1g68)
�Ian and 6eplll'lltcne111 (l988)
Tho Poor Couutiy (1968)
A View of tho United Sllltct-Looking Toward
tl,i, Jlfcai-
tcnofol of 19;6 (1969)
&ck lo Natun,? (198g)
Going to Nowhcrro, Anyo110!' (1969)
Simulation and Bcoom!n g (1970)
F..stheUcz!!IID and Eithetogcoes!, (1970)
Tho Iwu!r and the Outer in Arid Land (1970)
Quiet Cl'Otld (1970)
Flight !nm Flatneu ( 1970)
1'bfmeo Quest1on, OU Alcology ( 1971)
l•\mct!on Follow, Form (1971)
Tr1W111r00logy (1971)
�!lo Mnn (1971)
Utopia (l'nle1Joal Mau, Roal �flw) ( 197
1)
Arcomf'ldla (1971)
The A.merlc:&11 WJtbdrawal from America (1g8g
)
Joy and Anguish fn lho L u.t Bag ( 1971
)
Clvitllte Del (1971)
A Can11dlnn AltemntfveP (1971)
Tho Be,.ut!ful Body ban Aww;ome Powerbouso ( 1972)
Pollution u Entropy (1g7a)

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The Bridge Between Matter and Spirit

is Matter Becoming Spirit
Paolo Soleri
This volume brings together the essays of Paolo SolerI
in which he sets forth his philosophy of arcology (architec­
ture ecology) and pleads for a new stage In the evolution of
human society-a move toward compactness, or miniaturl•
zation, of our cities. To do so we must build solids rather
than veneers; we must flee from a "flat" cityscape that
debilitates and suppresses the individual. Arcologies, three
dimensional macrostructures, are for populations of thou­
sands or of millions.
Starting with a look at the United States as it approaches
its bicentennial, Soleri develops his Ideas and methodol­
ogy for a viable city of the future-theClvitate Del, "the city
of god" In which total communication exists by way of the
urban I nstltulion between man and man and between man
and nature. This city of the spirit can be accomplished
only through the methodology Soleri proposes as it is
the same proposed by the evolutionary process of life's
developinent.
Soleri's intention is simply the transformation of the
cities of today and the obliteration of the alienation we feel
not only from other classes of people but from our own
families and friends. Some critics call him reactionary,
others proclaim him as a revolutionary-he is In any event
controversial and what he says is of vital Importance to
both groups and to al I who wonder where we go from here.
Born In Turin, Italy, Paolo Solerl received his doctoral
degree In architecture from the Turin Polytechnlcal lnsti•
tute. For 18 months he worked for Frank Lloyd Wright at
Taliesin West In Scottsdale, Arizona. He left in 1949 and
later formed the Cosanli Foundation ("agalnst things" or
"antl-materlallsm"), located In Paradise Valley (Scotts­
dale), Arizona. Arcosanti, In central Arizona, is the struc­
ture now In progress incorporating some of the arcological
concepts.

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