“The greenhouse crisis is the bill coming due for the Industrial Revolution. It's not an accident. It's the logical outcome of our world view - the idea that we can control the forces of nature, that we can have short-term expedient gains without paying for them, that there are no limits to exploitation of the environment, that we can produce and consume faster than nature's ability to replenish.” WorldIdeasForceTermAbilityViewsEnvironmentProduceRevolutionLimitsGainsCrisisBillsDuesAccidentsFasterOutcomesGlobal WarmingLogicalOur WorldExploitationShort TermGreenhousesWorld ViewIndustrial RevolutionForces Of Nature Author:Jeremy Rifkin
“Open platforms and experimental amateurs eventually beat out the spendy, slick pros. Relying on incumbents to produce your revolutions is not a good strategy. They're apt to take all the stuff that makes their products great and try to use technology to charge you extra for it, or prohibit it altogether.” TryingUseStuffTechnologyProduceProductsRevolutionBeatsStrategyExtrasPensPlatformsIncumbentsSlick Author:Cory Doctorow
“What produces the general good is always terrible or seems bizarre when begun too soon. The Revolution must stop when it has perfected public happiness and liberty through the laws.” SeemsLawLibertyProduceRevolutionTerribleBizarre Author:Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
“The quintessential revolution is that of spirit. Without this, the forces which produce the inequalities of the old order will continue to operate.” SpiritOrderForceProduceRevolutionInequalityQuintessential Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“In the age of revolution it is not knowledge that produces new wealth, but insight - insight into opportunities for discontinuous innovation. Discovery is the journey; insight is the destination. You must become your own seer.” AgeOpportunityWealthJourneyProduceRevolutionDiscoveryInnovationInsightDestinationSeers Author:Gary Hamel
“The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards.” SeemsProduceRevolutionMassStandardsEthicalUrbanCarelessIndustrial RevolutionEthical Standards Book:On Literature, Cultures, and Religion Source: On Literature, Cultures, and Religion
“I think a lot more people are able to take on a design challenge than ever before. And this was true 20 years ago when the desktop publishing revolution came about that allowed people with Macintosh's at home to produce professional-looking newsletters or publications for the first time. So, there's a long march toward more democratization for design.” PeopleThinkingYearsFirstsLongHomeAbleChallengesDesignProduceRevolutionFirst TimeYears AgoMarchPublishingPublicationDemocratizationMacintoshDesktopNewslettersDesktop Publishing Author:Khoi Vinh