"We are infected by our own misunderstanding of how our own minds work."
-Kevin Kelly
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"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.“
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