28 February 2002 - progress vs. breakdown

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Predicting the Future by Making It

Progress will go on, but the insidious breakdown of tradition must be halted! For the security of our children and the stability of my retirement funds, social and technological change must be monitored and managed to optimize progress and minimize detrimental change.

Example of progress: Bringing back bellbottom jeans.
Example of detrimental change: Everything else.

clue:

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” — Alan Kay
(Somehow I don’t think this is what he had in mind.)

take oh take this clue away

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