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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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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An organizations reason for being, like that of any organism, is to help the parts that are in relationship to each other, to be able to deal with change in the environment. – Kevin Kelly

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Computers
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What I try to do is factor in how people use computers, what peoples problems are, and how these technologies can get applied to those problems. Then I try to direct the various product groups to act on this information. – John Warnock

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Computers

What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers? – Walter F. Mondale

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Computers

After a semester or so, my infatuation with computers burnt out as quickly as it had begun. – Eric Allin Cornell

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Computers

I had a life once. Now I have a computer. – Author Unknown

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Computers

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