" Scientists like Ilya Prigogine and Niles Eldredge tells us that bifurcations or evolutionary branchings in chemical and biological systems involve a large element of chance. But as the evolutionary theorist Erwin Laszlo points out, bifurcations in human social systems also involve a large element of choice. Human, he points out, 'have the ability to act consciously and collectively', excersising foresight to 'choose their own evolutionary path'. And he adds that in our 'crucial wpoch' we 'cannot leave the selection of the next step in the evolution of human society and culture to chance. We must plan for it, consciously and purposefully'. Or as the biologist Jonas Salk writes, our most urgent and pressing need is to provide that wonderful instrument, the human mind, with the wherewithal to image, and thereby create, a better world."
- The Chalice and The Blade
