“everything is too important ever to be entrusted to professional experts, because every organization of such professionals and every established social organization becomes a vested-interest institution more concerned with its efforts to maintain itself or advance its own interests than to achieve the purpose that society expects it to achieve.” ImportantPurposeSocialInterestEffortSocietyAchieveConcernedOrganizationInstitutionsExpertsVested InterestsSocial Organization Book:The evolution of civilizations: an introduction to historical analysis Source: The evolution of civilizations: an introduction to historical analysis
“The incredible expansion of mobile technologies is another important factor that will both drive and support the deployment of workplace learning tools and systems in the areas of performance support, particularly, but also in areas such as expert location, crowdsourcing-based problem solving and others.” ImportantProblemTechnologySupportAreasToolsPerformancesIncrediblesFactorsExpertsProblem SolvingExpansionLocationWorkplaceMobileDeploymentCrowdsourcingMobile Technology Author:Charles Jennings
“As the heated debate continues, it will be important that nonproliferation experts play a critical role in the discourse. Science-based statements, not snarky sound bites, should be the weapons of choice.” ShouldImportantPlayChoicesSoundRolesWeaponsCriticalDebateStatementsExpertsBitesDiscourseSound Bites Author:David Corn
“What an investor needs is the ability to correctly evaluate selected businesses. Note that word “selected”: You don't have to be an expert on every company, or even many. You only have to be able to evaluate companies within your circle of competence. The size of that circle is not very important; knowing its boundaries, however, is vital.” NeedsImportantAbleAbilityCompanyKnowingNotesSizeCirclesBoundariesExpertsInvestorsCompetenceEvaluateSelected Author:Warren Buffett