Activities that seem to represent choices are often inert reproductions of accepted practice.

Learning has replaced control as the fundamental role of management.

Technological change defines the horizon of our material world as it shapes the limiting conditions of what is possible and what is barely imaginable. It erodesassumptions about the nature of our reality, the "pattern" in which we dwell, and lays open new choices.

Every century or so, fundamental changes in the nature of consumption create new demand patterns that existing enterprises can't meet.

Technology represents intelligence systematically applied to the problem of the body. It functions to amplify and surpass the organic limits of the body; it compensates for the body's fragility and vulnerability.

Activities that seem to represent choices are often inert reproductions of accepted practice.

We know how to punish retailers and manufacturers that don't provide quality and value. But we're lousy at fighting effectively for what we really need - reliable insurance policies; affordable health care; safe, healthy food.