The current understanding was that it was impossible to predict how something would evolve because it was a very turbulent environment full of things interacting with each other.

Life is the ultimate technology. Machine technology is a temporary surrogate for life technology. As we improve our machines they will become more organic, more biological, more like life, because life is the best technology for living.

An organization's reason for being, like that of any organism, is to help the parts that are in relationship to each other, to be able to deal with change in the environment.

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.

Willingness to learn is important, but willingness to act on what you learn is critical.

An organization is a set of relationships that are persistent over time.

Technological advances could allow us to see more clearly into our own lives.