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> [“Continuous growth and the consequent ever-increasing acceleration of the pace of life have profound consequences for the entire planet and, in particular, for cities, socioeconomic life, and the process of global urbanization. Until recent times, the time between major innovations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/continuous-growth-and-the-consequent-ever-increasing-acceleration-of/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

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## More by Geoffrey West

> [I spent most of my career doing high-energy physics, quarks, dark matter, string theory and so on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/i-spent-most-of-my-career-doing-high-energy-physics-quarks-dark/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

> [Your cells are not working as hard as your dog's but harder than your horse's. The bigger the animal, the less energy needed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/your-cells-are-not-working-as-hard-as-your-dog-s-but-harder-than-your/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

> [“While exponential growth is a remarkable manifestation of our extraordinary accomplishments as a species, built into it are the potential seeds of our demise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/while-exponential-growth-is-a-remarkable-manifestation-of-our/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

> [One of the remarkable things about slums is that they do develop their own social organization and economy and even culture that is, on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/one-of-the-remarkable-things-about-slums-is-that-they-do-develop/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

> [“The system we have evolved critically relies on people continually wanting new cars and new cell phones, new widgets and gadgets, new clothes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/the-system-we-have-evolved-critically-relies-on-people-continually/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

> [“Cities are sustained by similar network systems such as roads, railways, and electrical lines that transport people, energy, and resources and whose flow is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/cities-are-sustained-by-similar-network-systems-such-as-roads/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

> [When you look at a city, you know, it looks so unique. You feel this kind of uniqueness, you know, and especially if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/when-you-look-at-a-city-you-know-it-looks-so-unique-you-feel-this/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

> [“It’s extremely difficult to kill a city! On”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/it-s-extremely-difficult-to-kill-a-city-on/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

> [“Perhaps, then, the most surprising consequence of a visionary Theory of Everything is that it implies that on the grand scale the universe, including…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/perhaps-then-the-most-surprising-consequence-of-a-visionary-theory-of/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

> [“It is all too often forgotten that the whole point of a city is to bring people together, to facilitate interaction, and thereby to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/it-is-all-too-often-forgotten-that-the-whole-point-of-a-city-is-to/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

> [“The integration of these two kinds of networks, namely, the requirement that socioeconomic interaction represented by space-filling fractal-like social networks must be anchored to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/the-integration-of-these-two-kinds-of-networks-namely-the-requirement/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

> [“So why do almost all cities remain viable, whereas the vast majority of companies and organisms die?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/so-why-do-almost-all-cities-remain-viable-whereas-the-vast-majority/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

> [“The existence of these remarkable regularities strongly suggests that there is a common conceptual framework underlying all of these very different highly complex phenomena…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/the-existence-of-these-remarkable-regularities-strongly-suggests-that/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

> [“Unfortunately, however, there is another serious catch. Theory dictates that such discoveries must occur at an increasingly accelerating pace; the time between successive innovations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/unfortunately-however-there-is-another-serious-catch-theory-dictates/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

> [Exciting cities stay exciting, and boring cities stay boring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/exciting-cities-stay-exciting-and-boring-cities-stay-boring/)

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