Publisher's Synopsis
The authors show how we can use the forces of chaos to improve our daily lives. In their guide to the creative possibilities of chaos, they explain the basis of fractals (chaotic patterns of nature), vortexes and feedback loops, exploring how the chaos metaphor can be used to understand society and to nurture a connection with the natural world. The seven lessons are centered on the principle of interconnected wholeness; the authors believe that our modern society, with its rigid, hierarchical structures, is in direct conflict with the natural forces of chaos. To regain our sense of place in the world, we need to relinquish our mechanical perspective that breaks all systems into building blocks and instead embrace the truth that all the universe's systems are interrelated and connected to each other, like one living being.
