The world moves into the future as a result of decisions, not as a result of plans. Plans are significant only insofar… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
... the fouling of the nest which has been typical of man's activity in the past on a local scale now seems… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The human condition can almost be summed up in the observation that, whereas all experiences are of the past, all decisions are… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The future is bound to surprise us, but we don't have to be dumbfounded. — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The social system tends to be dominated by images... especially of the future, which act cybernetically, constantly guided by perceived divergences between… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The discounting presumably is to be done for each period of time at that rate of interest which represents the alternative cost… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The economy of the future might be called the "spaceman economy," in which the earth has become a single spaceship, without unlimited… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The human experience can almost be summed up in the observation that, whereas all decisions are of the past, all decisions are… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
[In science any model depends on a pre-chosen taxonomy] a set of classifications into which we divide the enormous complexity of the real world...… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
If we saw tomorrow's newspaper today, tomorrow would never happen. — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
It is clear that the building of models is not a purely mechanical process but requires skill of a high order - not merely… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Even personal tastes are learned, in the matrix of a culture or a subculture in which we grow up, by very much the same… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
In view of the importance of philanthropy in our society, it is surprising that so little attention has been given to it by economic… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Humble, honest, ignorance is one of the finest flowers of the human spirit — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
[The question for the behavioral disciplines is simply] what is better, and how do we get there? — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
[Even the mechanism can be endowed with an image. Thus] the thermostat has an image of the outside world in the shape of information… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Economic problems have no sharp edges. They shade off imperceptibly into politics, sociology, and ethics. Indeed, it is hardly an exaggeration to say that… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The world moves into the future as a result of decisions, not as a result of plans. Plans are significant only insofar as they… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Mathematicians themselves set up standards of generality and elegance in their exposition which are a bar to understand. — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The concept of need is often looked upon rather unfavorably by economists, in contrast with the concept of demand. Both, however, have their own… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
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