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“Nature stopped being natural decades ago.”

Quote by Jamais Cascio

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Jamais Cascio, born in 1966, is an influential writer and thinker in the fields of technology, futurism, and sustainability. His work explores how technological progress affects society, economy, and the environment, and how innovation and change can address future challenges. more

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“My own suspicion is that a stand-alone artificial mind will be more a tool of narrow utility than something especially apocalyptic.”

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“It's remarkably easy to dig up enormous amounts of information about individuals, without their consent.”

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“Nearly every communication method we invent eventually conveys unwanted commercial messages.”

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“But here's the ugly truth: nature doesn't care about democracy, or who's right, or what's fair. And because of the slow-change aspect of climate, we can't wait until the worst effects are upon us to make a decision -- by then, it would be far, far too late. The scenario we may be faced with is one where doing something for the wrong reasons, run by the wrong people, may still save more lives than holding out for a more appealing option.”

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“Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive.”

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“By ignoring tomorrow, we undermine today.”

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“When your focus is social change and not financial change why wouldn't you want to share that openly? Innovation only succeeds when it's shared. If you're a pioneer and you come up with something that can change the world and you turn round and say 'I'm not going to share this idea with anyone' then you only impact the few and not the many.”

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“When you build a beautiful building, people love it. And the most sustainable building in the world is the one that’s loved.”

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“If you focus on design, you can call yourself a designer. If you focus on the implementation of your design, you can call yourself an architect.”

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“From a business perspective, the question related to cities and sustainability is clear and compelling: can you have a healthy company in an unhealthy city? Arguably, no. Companies need healthy cities to provide reliable infrastructure, an educated and vital workforce, a vibrant economy, and a safe and secure environment to survive and thrive. Business executives have a lot to learn from cities, and a lot to contribute, and this book shows the way, chronicling the successes and the lessons learned about what it takes to make a city healthy, in every sense of the word.”