Difference between revisions of "Stewart Brand"
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The first editions of the Whole Earth Catalog were heavily influenced by the ideas of [[Buckminster Fuller]], which fit well with the independent spirit of the back-to-the-land movement. In the 1972 edition, however, Stewart Brand promoted the thinking of [[Gregory Bateson]], which better reflected the reality of needing to work within the system to move society as whole towards more cooperative forms. In 1973 Brand interviewed Bateson for an article published in Harpers, entitled “Unbinding—Conversations with Meta-naturalist Gregory Bateson.” This article and the one mentioned above about computer hackers were combined and expanded in Brand's 1974 book Two Cybernetic Frontiers, which had the first use of the term “personal computer” in print. | The first editions of the Whole Earth Catalog were heavily influenced by the ideas of [[Buckminster Fuller]], which fit well with the independent spirit of the back-to-the-land movement. In the 1972 edition, however, Stewart Brand promoted the thinking of [[Gregory Bateson]], which better reflected the reality of needing to work within the system to move society as whole towards more cooperative forms. In 1973 Brand interviewed Bateson for an article published in Harpers, entitled “Unbinding—Conversations with Meta-naturalist Gregory Bateson.” This article and the one mentioned above about computer hackers were combined and expanded in Brand's 1974 book Two Cybernetic Frontiers, which had the first use of the term “personal computer” in print. | ||
| − | In 1974, to carry on the work begun with the Whole Earth Catalog, Brand founded the [[ | + | In 1974, to carry on the work begun with the Whole Earth Catalog, Brand founded the [[Coevolution Quarterly]] (CEQ). This quarterly journal published full-length articles on specific topics in natural sciences, invention, arts and social sciences, and on the contemporary scene in general. The term "coevolution" in the name was inspired by the ideas of [[Gregory Bateson]]. The journal continued to 2001 after a change of name to Whole Earth Magazine. |
==Brand's further Participation in the Digital Revolution== | ==Brand's further Participation in the Digital Revolution== | ||
