In describing today's accelerating changes, the media fire blips of unrelated information at us. Experts bury us under mountains of narrowly specialized monographs. Popular forecasters present lists of unrelated trends, without any model to show us their interconnections or the forces likely to reverse them. As a result, change itself comes to be seen as anarchic, even lunatic.

Change is the process by which the future invades our lives, and it is important to look at it closely, not merely from the grand perspectives of history, but also from the vantage point of the living, breathing individuals who experience it.

The biggest tragedy I had was the loss of my daughter from neuromuscular disease in 2000, at age 46.

Knowledge is knowing... or knowing where to find out.

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

It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution.

You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.