Species go extinct because there are historical contraints built into a given body or a given design. — Kevin Kelly
The great advance of personal computers was not the computing power per se but the fact that it brought it right to your face — Kevin Kelly
The most certain thing you can say about the environment tomorrow is that it probably is going to be just like today — Kevin Kelly
The most interesting thing about change in the environment is that for the most part the environment isn’t changing. — Kevin Kelly
The way that organizations and organisms anticipate the future is by taking signals from the past, most the time. — Kevin Kelly
The way to build a complex system that works is to build it from very simple systems that work. — Kevin Kelly
This is actually a very important principle that science is learning about large systems — Kevin Kelly
We tend to think of the mind of an organization residing in the ceo and the organization’s top managers — Kevin Kelly
When a system is in turbulence, the turbulence is not just out there in the environment — Kevin Kelly