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> [I can't imagine how you can find the discipline to be emotionally detached reporting on a revolution, the winds of which are blowing right down the hallways of the publication you work for. That's like an orthopedic surgeon trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/i-can-t-imagine-how-you-can-find-the-discipline-to-be-emotionally/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

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> [I think of futurists as people who have a particular attitude about the future. They're advocates for a certain kind of outcome. As a forecaster I am something very different. I am a professional bystander. I have opinions about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/i-think-of-futurists-as-people-who-have-a-particular-attitude-about/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

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## Other authors on Detached

## More by Paul Saffo

> [I'm actually an optimist about what lies ahead. Are wikis reliable? It depends on the specific business. Is Wikipedia reliable? You bet. Wikipedia is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/i-m-actually-an-optimist-about-what-lies-ahead-are-wikis-reliable-it/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

> [The thing I see happening is that there's a real compression between generations. There used to be about 20 years difference (in technology use).…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/the-thing-i-see-happening-is-that-there-s-a-real-compression-between/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

> [Never mistake a clearer view for a short distance just because the technology looks like it's about to arrive in the very near future.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/never-mistake-a-clearer-view-for-a-short-distance-just-because-the/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

> [The goal of forecasting is not to predict the future but to tell you what you need to know to take meaningful action in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/the-goal-of-forecasting-is-not-to-predict-the-future-but-to-tell-you/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

> [Though I carry enough electronics to get nervous in a lightning storm, I love paper and I always have a Moleskine journal with me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/though-i-carry-enough-electronics-to-get-nervous-in-a-lightning-storm/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

> [I'm not sure the notion of employee or job is going to survive the transition over the next couple of decades. The very notion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/i-m-not-sure-the-notion-of-employee-or-job-is-going-to-survive-the/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

> [Every day huge amounts of information break off like icebergs and melt away. What worries me is that much information in electronic form is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/every-day-huge-amounts-of-information-break-off-like-icebergs-and/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

> [The value of a social network is defined not only by who's on it, but by who's excluded,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/the-value-of-a-social-network-is-defined-not-only-by-who-s-on-it-but/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

> [Using technology merely to lower operational costs amounts to standing on a whale fishing for minnows. It just allows you to do the old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/using-technology-merely-to-lower-operational-costs-amounts-to/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

> [When I lived in Japan in the 1980s, I once was mistaken for Paul Newman, and I didn't have much more hair than I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/when-i-lived-in-japan-in-the-1980s-i-once-was-mistaken-for-paul/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

> [When everybody else is in a down market is focusing on what they're doing wrong, instead focus on what you should be doing differently,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/when-everybody-else-is-in-a-down-market-is-focusing-on-what-they-re/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

> [We do need to rethink privacy. I think we need to fall back on (former Supreme Court Justice) Felix Frankfurter's definition of privacy which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/we-do-need-to-rethink-privacy-i-think-we-need-to-fall-back-on-former/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

> [Each time you toss out a 'singing' greeting card, you are disposing of more computing power than existed in the entire world before 1950.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/each-time-you-toss-out-a-singing-greeting-card-you-are-disposing-of/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

> [I can't imagine how you can find the discipline to be emotionally detached reporting on a revolution, the winds of which are blowing right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/i-can-t-imagine-how-you-can-find-the-discipline-to-be-emotionally/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

> [I live on a canyon at the edge of San Mateo. We are fortunate to have lots of suburban wildlife as our neighbors, though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/i-live-on-a-canyon-at-the-edge-of-san-mateo-we-are-fortunate-to-have/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

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