Intelligence augmentation decreases the need for specialization and increases participatory complexity.

The idea of sustainability can imply there is one perfect, unchanging future, if only we could work out how to get there. Resilience might be more useful, in that it assumes a dynamic environment and that perfection is impossible. You need to design systems to accommodate failure rather than eliminate it. By trying to be perfect, many visions of sustainability are quite brittle

Trying to do what your competitors are doing but basically a little bit better is probably not going to be the winning strategy. The problem is finding what your competitors wouldnt even consider doing.

It's remarkably easy to dig up enormous amounts of information about individuals, without their consent.

Foresight turns out to be a critical adaptive strategy for times of great stress.

I have to admit it: I'm not a huge fan of the cloud computing concept.

Intelligence augmentation decreases the need for specialization and increases participatory complexity.