When Soren Brier and Lou Kauffman suggested a festschrift for Ranulph after he had decided he would stop writing the columns in Cybernetics and Human Knowing at the end of 2014, Ranulph was very pleased. I am very pleased to see so many people commenting on Ranulph's work, and sad at the same time as Ranulph is not here anymore to enjoy this special issue and comment on it. Ranulph often felt people did not appreciate his work and was surprised when one of the reactions to his diagnosis and illness was an increased interest in his work and what he had to offer. He wanted to write all that he had to say and increased his effort. I am grateful for all the visitors we had in the past year, who made it possible for Ranulph to continue with his work, develop it further and talk about his work and write the last column.
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