Economies are complex beasts that need people to do an extraordinary range of tasks. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes beast complex economy
The classic think-tank is supposed to be sitting in an attic thinking up grand ideas. Geoff Mulgan atticclassicgrand Change image and share on social
The most important innovators often don't need any technologies - just imagination and acute sensitivity to people's needs. Geoff Mulgan acuteimaginationimportant Change image and share on social
Deeper fulfilment is rather different from the happiness of seeing a good film or watching your team win at football, and it doesn't come at the push of a button. Geoff Mulgan buttondeepfilm Change image and share on social
By irreducibly complex I mean a single system composed of several well-matched, interacting parts that contribute to the basic function, wherein the removal of any one of the parts causes the system to effectively cease functioning. Michael Behe basicceasecomplex share on social
President Obama's view of a free economy is to send your money to his friends. My vision for a free enterprise economy is to return entrepreneurship and genius and creativity to the American people! Mitt Romney americancreativityeconomy Change image and share on social
It is only when you watch the dense mass of thousands of ants, crowded together around the Hill, blackening the ground, that you begin to see the whole beast, and now you observe it thinking, planning, calculating. It is an intelligence, a kind of live computer, with crawling bits for its wits. Lewis Thomas antbeastbegin share on social