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» The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.

» The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm talking about an organic computer - about biological substances that can function like a semiconductor.

» One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we'll need a new definition.

» Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.

» Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time.

» Anyone nit-picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the error that provoked it.

» To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution is over because some textile manufacturers in Manchester went broke.

» You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.

» Profits, like sausages... are esteemed most by those who know least about what goes into them.

» The Law of Raspberry Jam: the wider any culture is spread, the thinner it gets.

» Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock.

» Knowledge is the most democratic source of power.

» It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution.

» The great growling engine of change - technology.

» Technology feeds on itself. Technology makes more technology possible.

» Most managers were trained to be the thing they most despise - bureaucrats.

» Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate.

» You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to distrust it and use your own intelligence and judgment.

» The illiterate of the future are not those that cannot read or write. They are those that can not learn, unlearn, relearn.

» Change is not merely necessary to life - it is life.

» The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn.

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