The film chapters by Gregory Bateson Provided several interesting topics. The one that jumps out to me has to be the topics about perspective. Gregory Bateson talks about how we as humans should look at things differently as frequently as we can. Looking at things as you always have for too long doesn't excercise the potential of the brain which I think was an interesting and powerful point.
“Multiple Kinds of Knowledge” is a writing by Mary Bateson that discusses different thought processes and how we think. She spends a lot of the time talking about her childhood and how her parents were studying anthroplogy which allowed her to start thinking differently. Even at a young age, she interpreted everyday things like Gregory Bateson did, which is still something I want to accomplish.
“Lessons of 9/11” is another writing by Mary Bateson about the tragic attack on our country 11 years ago. She talks a lot about the impact the attack had on government and how it affected our government. She also spreads light on the fact that so many died and how many of those who past had family that will miss them dearly.
The film chapters by Gregory Bateson conferred many distinctive topics that I found interesting. The one topic that stands out to me the most is definitely how he talks about how we can perceive everything in a new way. Ever since I was little I always thought of things in many different perspectives just to have a better understanding of it. Because I did this with almost everything, it became easier for me to figure out problems that came into my life. I would be able to think of an abnormal way to solve it.
“Multiple Kinds of Knowledge” is a writing by Mary Bateson that discusses different thought processes and how we think. She also talks about when she was young and how her parents did work in anthropology and how it surrounded her all the time. She observed behaviors of others and began to perceive things in a different way at a younger age, which is remarkable.
“Lessons of 9/11” is another writing by Mary Bateson about the tragic attack on our country 11 years ago. She talks about the reactions our country took against this attack and it made me think in a different view about how the government took action. People now perceive everything in a different way and were more vulnerable to the real world. People lose loved ones and witnessed a horrible tragedy, which is bound to change people, and I agree with her.
“Form, Substance, and Difference” is a writing by Gregory Bateson about our enviornment and if we choose to destory our enviornment, it will be destroyed. Humans have been ignoring the simple fact that keeping the enviornment clean is important and necessary to live. Eventually, if we don't change our ways enviornmentally, we wont have a place to live anymore.
All three of these readings all have a common theme, which is the way we perceive things in the world. They all allow you to think in a different way given a different perspective. I think that if everyone considered everyones perspectives and appreciated what they had to say, things would get done faster and more efficiently.