And They Discovered Something Very Interesting: When

Humans Are The Reproductive Organs Of Technology.

The Most Certain Thing You Can Say About The Environment Tomorrow Is That It Probably Is Going To Be Just Like Today, For The Most Part.

Preserve The Core, And Let The Rest Flux. In Their Wonderful Bestseller Built To Last, Authors James Collins And Jerry Porras Make A Convincing Argument That Long-lived Companies Are Able To Thrive 50 Years Or More By Retaining A Very Small Heart Of Unchanging Values, And Then Stimulating Progress In Everything Else. At Times "everything" Includes Changing The Business The Company Operates In, Migrating, Say, From Mining To Insurance. Outside The Core Of Values, Nothing Should Be Exempt From Flux. Nothing.

The Most Interesting Thing About Change In The Environment Is That For The Most Part The Environment Isn't Changing.

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.