Intelligent policies will be largely self-regulating in the sense that the system of incentives and standards makes it absolutely ludicrous to not move towards clean, internalized systems of cost and production.

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People are naming it the Third Wave, the Information Age, etc. but I would say...

People are naming it the Third Wave, the Information Age, etc. but I would say...

A local company has more accountability.

A local company has more accountability.

What we are missing, utterly and completely, in this government is accountability.

What we are missing, utterly and completely, in this government is accountability.

We are now heading down a centuries-long path toward increasing the productivity of our natural...

We are now heading down a centuries-long path toward increasing the productivity of our natural...

All is connected... no one thing can change by itself.

All is connected... no one thing can change by itself.

We can no longer prosper by increasing human productivity. The more we try to do,...

We can no longer prosper by increasing human productivity. The more we try to do,...

Information from destructive activities going back a hundred years right up until today is being...

Information from destructive activities going back a hundred years right up until today is being...

We are losing our living systems, social systems, cultural systems, governing systems, stability, and our...

We are losing our living systems, social systems, cultural systems, governing systems, stability, and our...

Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive...

Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive...

Businesses who are members of Businesses for Social Responsibility or the Social Venture Network are...

Businesses who are members of Businesses for Social Responsibility or the Social Venture Network are...

That inefficiency is masked because growth and progress are measured in money, and money does...

That inefficiency is masked because growth and progress are measured in money, and money does...

The financial capital is being concentrated by corporations, institutional investors, and even our pension funds,...

The financial capital is being concentrated by corporations, institutional investors, and even our pension funds,...

That appropriation of resources and the transformation of them into goods and services through the...

That appropriation of resources and the transformation of them into goods and services through the...

Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied,...

Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied,...

If, as is natural, you focus on the corruption and on those threatened institutions that...

If, as is natural, you focus on the corruption and on those threatened institutions that...

Thus, the forces and value systems that are most threatened by this shift are becoming...

Thus, the forces and value systems that are most threatened by this shift are becoming...

I think an old style of addressing environmental problems is ebbing, but the rise of...

I think an old style of addressing environmental problems is ebbing, but the rise of...

In short, industrialism is over.

In short, industrialism is over.

We assume that everything's becoming more efficient, and in an immediate sense that's true; our...

We assume that everything's becoming more efficient, and in an immediate sense that's true; our...

And also, more and more businesses really want to do the right thing. They feel...

And also, more and more businesses really want to do the right thing. They feel...