Von Foerster, Heinz2024-03-292024-03-291974Von Foerster, H. (1974). Giving with a purpose: the cybernetics of philanthropy. Occasional Paper No. 5. Washington, D.C.: Center for a Voluntary Society.https://hdl.handle.net/1805/39628This paper by Heinz Von Foerster, grounded in the logic of information theory, presents a method for getting at the basic causes of social continuity and discontinuity. It is offered as a contribution to a developing research discipline on the theory and practice of philanthrophy.en-USPhilanthropyInformation TheoryTheory of PhilanthropyUncertaintyArticle