Family punchups

[Bob Warren]

Chipp wrote:

 >Bob,

Nice post. Where'd you find "schismogenetically" ??   ;-) 

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Thanks. I made it up, of course. I knew you would be impressed.

Seriously, it is a term coined by Gregory Bateson, one of the not-totally-recognized geniuses of last century. He was an anthropologist, a biologist (like his father) and a philosopher. Perhaps one of his wives is better known because she made more stink in the world regarding women's liberation: Margaret Mead.  Gregory's best known publication probably is "Steps to an Ecology of Mind". It's a series of articles written throughout his life. Most of my own fundamental ideas about the way society works (doesn't work) come from this book.

Bob