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When a system is in turbulence, the turbulence is not just out there in the environment, but is a part of the organization or organism that you are looking at.

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Kevin Kelly
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: April 28
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Changing things from the top down works when things are stable.
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What technology is really about is better ways to evolve. That is what we call an 'infinite game.' ... A finite game is played to win, and an infinite game is played to keep playing.
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I work in a you scratch my back, and I'll stab yours kind of a place.
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The young are always coming up with the good ideas it's because they waste time. They follow their passion and do something, not looking for a payoff, just doing what's interesting.
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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 doesn't mean we can get there from here.
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Each organism's environment, for the most part, consists of other organisms.
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Well, here's what you can do, and that's about it.
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