Plants are chemical-binding, animals are space-binding, humans are time-binding. Korzybski, "Manhood of Humanity" http://www.gutenberg.org/files/25457/25457-p

Plants are chemical-binding, animals are space-binding, humans are time-binding. Korzybski, "Manhood of Humanity" http://www.gutenberg.org/files/25457/25457-pdf.pdf http://www.gutenberg.org/files/25457/25457-pdf.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Korzybski https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Korzybski IIRC, he meant that plant life binds and manipulates chemicals in the immediate environment; animals move matter over the surface of the earth (at a much higher rate than plants); humans shift information through time via culture (and later writing, et. al.)