Once we started to urbanize, we put ourselves on this treadmill. We traded away stability for growth. And growth requires change. Geoffrey West changegrowthput Change image and share on social
It's hard to kill a city, but easy to kill a company. Geoffrey West citycompanyeasy Change image and share on social
Everything around us is scale dependent. It's woven into the fabric of the universe. Geoffrey West dependentfabricscale Change image and share on social
Every fundamental law has exceptions. But you still need the law or else all you have is observations that don't make sense. And that's not science. That's just taking notes. Geoffrey West exceptionfundamentallaw Change image and share on social
Cities tolerate crazy people. Companies don't. Geoffrey West citycompanycrazy Change image and share on social
Sometimes, I look out at nature and I think, 'Everything here is obeying my conjecture.' It's a wonderfully narcissistic feeling. Geoffrey West conjecturefeltnarcissistic Change image and share on social
Cities are obvious metaphors for life. We call roads 'arteries' and so forth. Geoffrey West arterycallcity Change image and share on social
On average, an individual doesn't have a powerful connection with more than four to six people, and that's just as true here in the U.S. as it is in China. Geoffrey West averagechinaconnection Change image and share on social
I've always wanted to find the rules that govern everything. It's amazing that such rules exist. It's even more amazing that we can find them. Geoffrey West amazeexistfind Change image and share on social
The bigger the city is, the less infrastructure you need per capita. Geoffrey West bigcapitacity Change image and share on social
