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Naturally I am concerned about the information
revolution which is currently ravaging our
established institutions. The reason that most
people are helpless in tackling such problems is
that they approach them via the figure rather
than the ground . These are gestalt terms which
refer to the interplay between components. Thus
the ground is always hidden or submerged, and
yet it is the area of effects and in all situations
and developments, effects come before the
causes manifest themselves.
The fact that effects come before causes,
whether in the motor of the motor car, or the