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Source: Powershift: Knowledge, Wealth, and Power at the Edge of the 21st Century
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“A new civilization is emerging in our lives, and blind men everywhere are trying to suppress it.”
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“If you have the right knowledge you can substitute it for all the other facts of production”
“The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together.”
“Never in history has distance meant less.”
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Source: Learning for tomorrow: the role of the future in education
“Information is a substitute for time, space, capital, and labor.”
“If you don't have a viable strategy, you will be defeated by someone who does.”
“Change is non-linear and can go backwards, forwards and sideways”
“Change is not merely necessary to life - it is life.”
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“It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution.”
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“Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate.”
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“Profits, like sausages... are esteemed most by those who know least about what goes into them.”
“Most managers were trained to be the thing they most despise - bureaucrats.”
“Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.”
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“Technology feeds on itself. Technology makes more technology possible.”
“The Law of Raspberry Jam: the wider any culture is spread, the thinner it gets.”
“The great growling engine of change - technology.”
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