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Complexity Quotes by Thomas Sowell
- All that makes earlier times seem simpler is our ignorance of their complexities.
- The growing complexity of science, technology, and organization does not imply either a growing knowledge or a growing need for knowledge in the general population.…
- Implicit in the activist conception of government is the assumption that you can take the good things in a complex system for granted, and just…
- Organizational progress parallels that in science and technology, permitting ultimate simplicity through intermediate complexity.
- The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives of most people. It often means the opposite.
- People who pride themselves on their "complexity" and deride others for being "simplistic" should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets…
More Complexity Quotes
- There was a great complexity to my father. He was a devoted family man. But, in the same breath, he simply was… — Christian Bale
- A wider of more altruistic attitude is very relevant in today's world. If we look at the situation from various angles, such… — Dalai Lama
- Why is geometry often described as 'cold' and 'dry?' One reason lies in its inability to describe the shape of a cloud,… — Benoit Mandelbrot
- We humans are a complex interwoven system of the body, the mind, and the spirit. We are formed and informed by the… — Ann Scott
- It's the old idea that the process of evolution is some push in the direction of greater complexity--in particular greater intellectual complexity.… — Steven Pinker
- Exclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society. — Alfred Austin
- Strategic thinkers were naturally rattled to find this outsider fooling around with their work. They had been thinking strategically when Reagan was… — Russell Baker
- Listen, I think movies serve many different purposes, from those movies that are frivolous and just an entertainment, to movies that just… — Antonio Banderas