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