Singularity is the point at which "all the change in the last million years will be superseded by the change in the next five minutes."

Organisms by their design are not made to adapt too far.

Our society lacks a feedback loop for controlling technology: a way to gauge intended effects from actual effects later on

The most interesting thing about change in the environment is that for the most part the environment isn't changing.

Your greatest job is shedding what you don't have to do.

The young are always coming up with the good ideas; it's because they waste time. They follow their passion and do something, not looking for a payoff, just doing what's interesting.

When a system is in turbulence, the turbulence is not just out there in the environment, but is a part of the organization or organism that you are looking at.