Quote by Kevin Kelly
The great advance of personal computers was not the computing powe

The great advance of personal computers was not the computing power per se but the fact that it brought it right to your face, that you had control over it, that were confronted with it and could steer it. – Kevin Kelly

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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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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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Its hardware that makes a machine fast. Its software that makes a fast machine slow. – Craig Bruce

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To err is human – and to blame it on a computer is even more so. – Robert Orben

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Ive tried word processors, but I think Im too old a dog to use one. – Dee Brown

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People are on their computers more than watching TV, because you can only watch voyeur TV, which is basically what reality shows are, for so long. – Stephen Root

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