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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

All too often the Democratic Party has taken the black vote for granted, and all too often the Republican Party has written it off. ↗

— Jack Kemp

#democratic #democratic party #granted #off #often

After the loss of Columbia a couple of years ago, I think we were reminded of the risk. All of us, though, have always known that the Space Shuttle is a very risky vehicle, much more risky than even flying airplanes in combat. ↗

— Mark Kelly

#ago #always #columbia #combat #couple

I think I was very interested in the space program as a kid, watching the first Apollo missions to the moon, and it's something I thought that would be a lot of, of fun and exciting and a very worthwhile job. ↗

— Mark Kelly

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I think we've done that. But it's not something you really notice, 'cause I've always thought the people here have always done their best, and they continue to do their best. They just might do it a little bit differently. ↗

— Mark Kelly

#best #bit #cause #continue #differently

I'll be helping them getting suited up, getting them in the airlock, getting the airlock prepared, and getting them out the hatch, and then talking them through these three spacewalks. ↗

— Mark Kelly

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