Complexity Quote by John W. Thompson

No new choices are introduced by raising the specter of disaster. These become opportunities for swearing new allegiance to technology. The solution is to…

— Donald Phillip Verene

I am an optimist by nature and believe strongly that technology can be brought to bear to create alternatives, even in crisis situations.

— Vinton Cerf

The key is to embrace disruption and change early. Don't react to it decades later. You can't fight innovation.

— Ryan Kavanaugh

Too frequently, in Congress or in nationwide politics at large, we are reactive. We look for easy, short-term solutions, and we try to put…

— Abigail Spanberger

Advances in technology - hugely beneficial though they are - render us vulnerable in new ways. For instance, our interconnected world depends on elaborate…

— Martin Rees

But we are convinced that if we are to play a meaningful role nationally, and in the community of nations, we must be second…

— Vikram Sarabhai

The pace of change and the threat of disruption creates tremendous opportunities.

— Steve Case

Big breakthroughs happen when what is suddenly possible meets what is desperately needed

— Thomas Friedman

We need to build change in to our systems and let these systems evolve as circumstances change. Change is inevitable, but we need to…

— Daniel Suarez

“Take multi-phased approaches to building a more transparent IT for achieving people-centricity.”

— Pearl Zhu

Smart technologies are not just disruptive; they can also preserve the status quo. Revolutionary in theory, they are often reactionary in practice.

— Evgeny Morozov

Innovations seem inevitable in retrospect, but at the time it's an uphill battle.

— Jessica Livingston