Any Company That Cannot Imagine The Future

For The First Time In History We Can Work Backward From Our Imagination Rather Than Forward From Our Past.

I'm Not One Of Those Professors Whose Office Is Encased Floor-to-ceiling With Books. By The Way, I Think Academics Do This To Intimidate Their Visitors.

I Live A Half Mile From The San Andreas Fault - A Fact That Bubbles Up Into My Consciousness Every Time Some Other Part Of The World Experiences An Earthquake. I Sometimes Wonder Whether This Subterranean Sense Of Impending Disaster Is At Least Partly Responsible For Silicon Valley's Feverish, Get-it-done-yesterday Work Norms.

I'm A Capitalist By Conviction And Profession. I Believe The Best Economic System Is One That Rewards Entrepreneurship And Risk-taking, Maximizes Customer Choice, Uses Markets To Allocate Scarce Resources And Minimizes The Regulatory Burden On Business.

We Live In A Moment That Is Pregnant With Possibility.