“The most important feature of an information economy, in which information is defined as surprise, is the overthrow, not the attainment, of equilibrium. The science that we have come to know as information theory establishes the supremacy of the entrepreneur because it appreciates the powerful connection between destruction and what Schumpeter described as "creative destruction," between chaos and creativity.” KnowsImportantPowerfulCreativityEconomyCreativeInformationTheoryEconomicsAppreciateConnectionsDestructionEntrepreneurSurpriseChaosDefinedFeaturesAttainmentEquilibriumSupremacyCreative Destruction Book:Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World Source: Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World
“We should expect hope's reciprocity as a natural flowering of the life of hope. Helping others and nurturing hope is expressive of hopefulness itself. It is an extension of the hopeful self to reach out to others, promoting the connection of agency and the enrichment of horizons of meaning. Hope's reciprocity grows out of the very social nature of hope; we thus frequently see it live in family relations, in intimacy, in love. And so hope spreads. This spreading should not surprise us; like love, it is freely given, fostered, and nurtured.” ShouldSelfHelpingGivenSocialGrowsNaturalConnectionsRelationSurpriseSpreadHelping OthersIntimacyAgencyHopefulHorizonReach OutExtensionsPromotingNurturingReciprocityExpressiveLike LoveFloweringHopefulnessEnrichment Author:Patrick Shade
“Geniuses are people who notice things and connections between things which others haven't noticed. Genius must be a surprise.” PeopleHavensGeniusConnectionsSurprise Author:Christopher Ricks
“[Sex] is really awkward. You know you have expectations and then it's this great moment of connection and it's a surprise. But that's what so exciting about it is that sense of surprise.” KnowsMomentsSexExpectationsConnectionsExcitingSurpriseAwkwardGreat Moments Author:Joe Meno
“Some religions believe that there's a hierarchy, that you don't have a connection, but you must go through the shaman or the priest or whoever the religious leader is. And that's what surprises me, that some people who find a huge value in these kinds of systems also seem to enjoy ILLUSIONS. I can't figure it out.” PeopleBelieveKindI CanSeemsValuesEnjoyReligiousLeaderFiguresHugeIllusionConnectionsSurprisePriestsHierarchySurprise MeReligious Leaders Author:Richard Bach
“It doesn't surprise me that aspect of the black nationalist movement, the cultural side, has triumphed because that is the aspect of the movement that was most commodifiable and when we look at the commodification of blackness we're looking at a phenomenon that's very profitable and it's connection with the rise of a black middle class I think is very obvious.” ThinkingLooksSidesBlackClassMiddleMovementAspectConnectionsSurpriseObviousMiddle ClassPhenomenonProfitableBlacknessSurprise MeCommodification Author:Angela Davis
“I follow these intimate connections of strangers and, surprise!, end up finding even myself in the work at some point.” EndsFindingsConnectionsSurpriseStrangerIntimate Author:Aleksandra Mir
“It's a sign of respect and connection to learn the name of someone else, a sign of disrespect to ignore it. And yet, the average American can name over a hundred corporate logos and ten plants. Is it a surprise that we have accepted a political system that grants personhood to corporations, and no status at all for wild rice and redwoods? Learning the names of plants and animals is a powerful act of support for them. When we learn their names and their gifts, it opens the door to reciprocity.” PoliticalNamesAnimalPowerfulSupportDoorsTenHundredConnectionsPlantSurpriseAverageAcceptedCorporateCorporationsGrantsRiceDisrespectPolitical SystemsReciprocityLogosPlants And AnimalsPersonhoodRedwoods Author:Robin Wall Kimmerer
“This is love, I think. A place where people who have been alone may lock together like hawks and spin in the air, dizzy with surprise at the connection. A place you go willingly, and with wonder” PeopleThinkingLoveMayHas BeensTogetherWonderAirConnectionsSurpriseLive ByLocksHawksDizzyPlaces You Go Author:Jodi Picoult
“Don't simply dismiss a coincidence and let it drift away. Life is totally interconnected. These unusual 'things' are simply connections that surprise you because you aren't used to seeing life except in fragments. Now it is beginning to piece itself together.” TogetherLife IsUsedPiecesSeeingConnectionsLuckSurpriseUnusualCoincidenceFragmentsInterconnectedUnusual Things Author:Deepak Chopra
“Certainly there’s a connection between Iraq and Al Qaeda. It doesn’t surprise me at all that they would be talking to Al Qaeda, that there would be some Al Qaeda there or that Saddam Hussein might even be, you know, discussing gee, I wonder since I don’t have any scuds and since the Americans are coming at me, I wonder if I could take advantage of Al Qaeda? How would I do it? Is it worth the risk? What could they do for me?” IfsKnowsMightWould BeTalkingWonderRiskAdvantageConnectionsSurpriseIraqIf I CouldAlsBe YouSaddamHusseinAl QaedaDiscussingSurprise Me Author:Wesley Clark