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This is actually a very important principle that science is learni

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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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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I knew I could not cope with the future unless I was able to rediscover the past. – Gene Tierney

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It all comes down to interest rates. As an investor, all youre doing is putting up a lump-sump payment for a future cash flow. – Ray Dalio

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Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly and there is no prophet of the future for mortal men. – Sophocles

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Since we cant know what knowledge will be most needed in the future, it is senseless to try to teach it in advance. Instead, we should try to turn out people who love learning so much and learn so well that they will be able to learn whatever needs to be learned. – John Holt

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