Each Organism's Environment, For The Most Part,

This Is Actually A Very Important Principle That Science Is Learning About Large Systems Like Evolution And That Futurists Are Learning About Anticipating Human Society: Just Because A Future Scenario Is Plausible Doesn't Mean We Can Get There From Here.

We Have To Get Better At Believing The Impossible.

The Smallest Thought Could Not Exist Unless The Entire Universe And The Laws Of Physics Were In Some Way Encouraging It.

An Organization's Reason For Being, Like That Of Any Organism, Is To Help The Parts That Are In Relationship To Each Other, To Be Able To Deal With Change In The Environment.

Managers Tend To Treat Organizations As If They Are Infinitely Plastic. They Hire And Fire, Merge, Downsize, Terminate Programs, Add Capacities. But There Are Limits To The Shifts That Organizations Can Absorb.