This is actually a very important principle that science is learning about large systems like evolution and that futurists are learning about anticipating human society: just because a future scenario is plausible doesn't mean we can get there from here.

The very long tail of the future is already here.

Any believable prediction will be wrong. Any correct prediction will be unbelievable.

Find the minimum amount of technology that will maximize your options.

Managers tend to treat organizations as if they are infinitely plastic. They hire and fire, merge, downsize, terminate programs, add capacities. But there are limits to the shifts that organizations can absorb.

It is easy to make a dollar but it is hard to make a difference.

Managing bottom-up change is its own art.