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Green Rising: An Alternative Future.

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'''Robert Johannson''' is a playwright and cyberneticist, as well as a recovering politician, a recovering

'''Robert Johannson''' is a playwright and cyberneticist, as well as a recovering politician, a recovering Shakespeare scholar, a recovering United Church minister, a recovering system administrator, and a recovering accountant. He has been variously called a polymath and one of our local eccentrics. He is also a proud husband, father and grandfather.

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Robert graduated Grade XII at Transcona Collegiate Institute where he joined his first political party and has been politically active ever since. He studied Chartered Accountancy for two years at the firm of Touche, Ross, Bailey and Smart. He received an honours degree in English Literature from the University of Manitoba. Robert was a Winnipeg City Councillor for six years. He was baptized as an adult at Augustine United Church, and received the gift of the Holy Spirit. He was a candidate for ministry from Augustine United Church, has a Masters of Divinity from St. Andrew's College in Saskatoon, and was ordained by the Conference of Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario.

~~recovering accountant. He has been variously called a polymath and one of our local eccentrics. He is also a proud husband, father and grandfather.~~

~~'''Rev.~~Robert ~~Johannson'''~~ graduated Grade XII at Transcona Collegiate Institute where he joined his first

political party and has been politically active ever since. He studied Chartered Accountancy for two years

at the firm of Touche, Ross, Bailey and Smart. He received an honours degree in English Literature from

the University of Manitoba. Robert was a Winnipeg City Councillor for six years. He was baptized as an

adult at Augustine United Church, and received the gift of the Holy Spirit. He was a candidate for

ministry from Augustine United Church, has a Masters of Divinity from St. Andrew's College in

Saskatoon, and was ordained by the Conference of Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario.

==Personal Life==

Robert and his wife Joan taught parenting courses in the inner-city of Winnipeg and produced two books:

Empowerment: A systems approach to people and groups, and The Family Zoo: leadership for parents.

* [[Empowerment: A systems approach to people and groups]], and

* [[The Family Zoo: leadership for parents]]

They have three children and five granddaughters. His interest in cybernetics comes from discovering the negative effects of behaviourism as a parenting model, and turning instead to the study of Gregory Bateson and the Macy Conferences on Cybernetics. Robert served as the systems administrator for Journeys Adult Education Centre in Winnipeg which involved maintaining a computer lab, and Internet connection, as well as designing the school's data bases. Robert is a playwright and has been produced by CBC radio, the Manitoba Association of Playwrights, Prairie Theatre Exchange, the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival and the Edmonton Fringe Theatre Festival. His plays include Charles Wesley: A Musical Play; The Ecstasy of St. Teresa; and Never Trust a Naked Marriage Counsellor. He is currently working on a play about the Trial of St. Paul. Robert retired in 2009 after serving First United Church in Dauphin. In his retirement Robert studied Physics, Mathematics, Statistics and Mathematical Statistics at the University of Winnipeg. He has published two books on systems theory: Process Dualism: Resolving the Mind/Body Problem; and most

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Work

==Work==

Robert Johannson has made two original contributions to the theory of systems. In his book Process

Robert Johannson has made two original contributions to the theory of systems. In his book [[Process

Dualism he shows that mind and matter constitute a figure/ground gestalt, thus resolving how material

Dualism]] he shows that mind and matter constitute a figure/ground gestalt, thus resolving how material

processes and information processes can be both simultaneous and incommensurate. The book also

explains that the cybernetic control loop is an information process and not a material process. It's purpose

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Videos

==Videos==

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YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/@robertjohannson

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Publications

==Publications==

The videos are the most accessible, but pdfs can be found at academia.edu

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The Family Zoo: Leadership for Parents

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Empowerment: A Systems Approach to People and Groups