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One of the functions of an organization, of any organism, is to anticipate the future, so that those relationships can persist over time. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#any #functions #future #organism #organization

Organizations get invested into a particular product. And sometimes the best thing is to stop making that product, even though it's profitable, because it has optimized at a local peak. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#best #even #get #into #invested

The great advance of personal computers was not the computing power per se but the fact that it brought it right to your face, that you had control over it, that were confronted with it and could steer it. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#brought #computers #computing #confronted #control

The nature of an innovation is that it will arise at a fringe where it can afford to become prevalent enough to establish its usefulness without being overwhelmed by the inertia of the orthodox system. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#arise #become #being #being overwhelmed #enough

The organization and the environment are in concert. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#environment #organization

The way that organizations and organisms anticipate the future is by taking signals from the past, most the time. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#future #most #organisms #organizations #past

This is actually a very important principle that science is learning about large systems like evolution and that futurists are learning about anticipating human society: just because a future scenario is plausible doesn't mean we can get there from here. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#actually #anticipating #because #evolution #future

When a system is in turbulence, the turbulence is not just out there in the environment, but is a part of the organization or organism that you are looking at. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#just #looking #organism #organization #out

There are a lot of dedicated people out there that don't get the recognition that we get, but they're as important as the people that are sitting in the vehicle. ↗

— Mark Kelly

#get #important #lot #out #people

A trip to space is a big motivator to give up some things in your personal life. Obviously, you can't give up everything and you don't want to. ↗

— Mark Kelly

#everything #give #life #motivator #obviously