Quote by Kevin Kelly
A brain is a society of very small, simple modules that cannot be

A brain is a society of very small, simple modules that cannot be said to be thinking, that are not smart in themselves. But when you have a network of them together, out of that arises a kind of smartness. – Kevin Kelly

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The way that organizations and organisms anticipate the future is by taking signals from the past, most the time. – Kevin Kelly

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Science is now the craft of the manipulation, substitution and deflection of the forces of nature. What I see coming is a gigantic slaughterhouse, an Auschwitz, in which valuable enzymes, hormones, and so on will be extracted instead of gold teeth. – Erwin Chargaff, Columbia Forum, Summer 1969

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The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life. – Theodore Roosevelt

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The choice so often these days is to believe something that seems insane or go insane. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The Constitution, as originally drawn, made no reference to the fact that all Americans wre considered equal members of society. – Constance Baker Motley

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