The political technology of the Industrial age is no longer appropriate technology for the new civilization taking form around us. Our politics are obsolete.

A library is a hospital for the mind.” - Anonymous

To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution is over because some textile manufacturers in Manchester went broke.

Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate.

You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to distrust it and use your own intelligence and judgment.

The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together.

If we do not learn from history, we shall be compelled to relive it. True. But if we do not change the future, we shall be compelled to endure it. And that could be worse.