The areas of the brain that have to do with speech are very connected with the same parallel processors that have to do with the kind of ballistic calculations you need to hit small game with a rock.

A lot of people use collaborative technologies badly, then abandon them. They aren't 'plug-and-play.' The invisible part is the social skill necessary to use them.

Technological civilization has now dominated the earth to the point where there is a big question what is going to happen next.

Dinosaurs grew feathers for heat regulation, but the ones that started flying started becoming birds.

If you depend on where the chestnuts are going to be, and where the deer are, you have to be attuned to the outside world.

A forecasting game is a kind of simulation, a kind of scenario, a kind of teleconference, a kind of artifact from the future - and more - that enlists the participants as 'first-person forecasters.'

Democracy is not just voting for your leaders; it's really premised upon ordinary citizens understanding the issues.