Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Stasis vs. Dynamism

Do we crave predictability, or relish surprise? These two poles, stasis and dynamism, increasingly define our political, intellectual, and cultural landscape."
—Virginia Postrel, The Future and Its Enemies

"Wealth in this new regime flows directly from innovation, not optimization. That is, wealth is not gained by perfecting the known, but by imperfectly seizing the unknown."
—Kevin Kelly, "New Rules for the New Economy," Wired, September 1997

"The secret of fast progress is inefficiency, fast and furious and numerous failures."
—Kevin Kelly

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