Occupation: Editor Birth: August 14, 1952
The only factor becoming scarce in a world of abundance is human attention..
Our mission as humans is not only to discover our fullest selves in the technium, and to find full contentment, but to expand the possibilities for o….
Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment..
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 payof….
It's more along the lines of raising a child: we train the system to a certain range of behaviors that we find most useful. But then we let it go, be….
It is easy to make a dollar but it is hard to make a difference..
But when you are embodied in a location, in a physical plant, in a set of people, and in a common history, that constrains your evolution and your ab….
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 l….
Singularity is the point at which "all the change in the last million years will be superseded by the change in the next five minutes.".
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 infinit….
How do entrepreneurs survive their early failures? They don't view their failures as failures - they view these experiences as feedback, and a prelud….
Extrapolated, technology wants what life wants: Increasing efficiency Increasing opportunity Increasing emergence Increasing complexity Increasing di….
Evolution doesn't care about what makes sense; it cares about what works.
We are reaching deep within ourselves to adjust the master knob..
Any believable prediction will be wrong. Any correct prediction will be unbelievable..
Your greatest job is shedding what you don't have to do..
Humans are the reproductive organs of technology..
The most interesting thing about change in the environment is that for the most part the environment isn't changing..
The smallest thought could not exist unless the entire universe and the laws of physics were in some way encouraging it..
Wherever the Net arises, there arises also a rebel to resist human control...A network nurtures small failures in order that large failures don't hap….
Softball isn't just a game it's away of life..