The organization and the environment are in concert.

Quote by Kevin Kelly

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The most certain thing you can say about the environment tomorrow is that it probably...

The most certain thing you can say about the environment tomorrow is that it probably...

And they discovered something very interesting: when it comes to walking, most of the ant's...

And they discovered something very interesting: when it comes to walking, most of the ant's...

A brain is a society of very small, simple modules that cannot be said to...

A brain is a society of very small, simple modules that cannot be said to...

It's more along the lines of raising a child: we train the system to a...

It's more along the lines of raising a child: we train the system to a...

The most interesting thing about change in the environment is that for the most part...

The most interesting thing about change in the environment is that for the most part...

An organization's reason for being, like that of any organism, is to help the parts...

An organization's reason for being, like that of any organism, is to help the parts...

Organizations get invested into a particular product. And sometimes the best thing is to stop...

Organizations get invested into a particular product. And sometimes the best thing is to stop...

Each organism's environment, for the most part, consists of other organisms.

Each organism's environment, for the most part, consists of other organisms.

The great advance of personal computers was not the computing power per se but the...

The great advance of personal computers was not the computing power per se but the...

It's generally much easier to kill an organization than to change it substantially.

It's generally much easier to kill an organization than to change it substantially.

One of the functions of an organization, of any organism, is to anticipate the future,...

One of the functions of an organization, of any organism, is to anticipate the future,...

Changing things from the top down works when things are stable.

Changing things from the top down works when things are stable.

Basins of attraction, of self organization, show up as well in our complex social environment,...

Basins of attraction, of self organization, show up as well in our complex social environment,...

When a system is in turbulence, the turbulence is not just out there in the...

When a system is in turbulence, the turbulence is not just out there in the...

It has become evident that the primary lesson of the study of evolution is that...

It has become evident that the primary lesson of the study of evolution is that...

Complexity that works is built up out of modules that work perfectly, layered one over...

Complexity that works is built up out of modules that work perfectly, layered one over...

The current understanding was that it was impossible to predict how something would evolve because...

The current understanding was that it was impossible to predict how something would evolve because...

This is actually a very important principle that science is learning about large systems like...

This is actually a very important principle that science is learning about large systems like...

But in fact, when you try to model that on a computer you find that...

But in fact, when you try to model that on a computer you find that...

Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.

Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.