“The correct rate of speed in innovating changes in long-standing social customs has not yet been determined by even the most expert of the experts. Personally I am beginning to think there is more danger in lagging than in speeding up cultural change to keep pace with mechanical change.” ThinkingLongSocialChangeDangerStandingRateDeterminedSpeedExpertsCustomsPaceSpeedingCultural ChangeSpeeding Up Author:Mary Barnett Gilson
“The speed with which armies collapse, bureaucracies abdicate, and social structures dissolve once the autocrat is removed frequently surprises American Policy makers.” SocialPolicyArmyStructureSurpriseSpeedMakersCollapseBureaucracySocial StructurePolicy Makers Author:Jeane Kirkpatrick