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All These Computers, All These Handhelds, All These Cell Phones, All These Laptops, All These Servers - What We're Getting Out Of All These Connections Is We're Getting One Machine. ... We're Constructing A Single, Global Machine.

Willingness To Learn Is Important, But Willingness To Act On What You Learn Is Critical.

I Work In A "you Scratch My Back, And I'll Stab Yours" Kind Of A Place.

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.

Our Society Lacks A Feedback Loop For Controlling Technology: A Way To Gauge Intended Effects From Actual Effects Later On