Quote by Kevin Kelly
One of the functions of an organization, of any organism, is to an

One of the functions of an organization, of any organism, is to anticipate the future, so that those relationships can persist over time. – Kevin Kelly

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We are infected by our own misunderstanding of how our own minds work. – 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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This is actually a very important principle that science is learning about large systems like evolution and that futurists are learning about anticipating human society: just because a future scenario is plausible doesnt mean we can get there from here. – Kevin Kelly

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I wished to go completely outside and to make a symbolic start for my enterprise of regenerating the life of humankind within the body of society and to prepare a positive future in this context. – Joseph Beuys

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A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation. – Barbara Jordan

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Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future. – Jean de la Bruyere

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Blade Runner appears regularly, two or three times a year in various shapes and forms of science fiction. It set the pace for what is essentially urban science fiction, urban future and its why Ive never re-visited that area because I feel Ive done it. – Ridley Scott

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