"Emergent properties result from interactions between individual parts, so it follows that a top down analytical approach that begins with the whole and dissects it into its constituent parts is bound to miss precisely those emergent properties"

-- Manuel De Landa

#Missing Quotes #Economics Quotes #Individual Quotes

“There's bad people since the beginning of time. Literally one of the first four human beings was someone who killed somebody. So that's never going to change, unfortunately.”

Source : "People Told Me to Shut Up and Play Football". "Hang Up and Listen" with Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca, www.slate.com. July 18, 2016.
“We must speed up the deployment of broadband in order to bring high-speed data services to homes and businesses. The spread of information technology has contributed to a steady growth in U.S. productivity.”
“My inner wolf seeks to destroy the one I love for reasons of self-preservation. For the only cure to free my soul is to be killed, in an act of true love, by the one who loves me most..”

Source : Bree Despain (2009). “The Dark Divine”, p.247, Carolrhoda Lab ™
“Lucy was using my blanket to dry the dishes... We now have very secure dishes!”
“I think I was driven to paint portraits to commit images of friends and family to memory. I have face blindness, and once a face is flattened out, I can remember it better.”
“Ce que nous connaissons est peu de chose; ce que nous ignorons est immense. What we know is not much. What we do not know is immense.”

Source : "Budget of Paradoxes". Book by Augustus De Morgan, 1866.
“Don't worry about getting perfect, just keep getting better.”

Source : Frank Peretti (2012). “Illusion: A Novel”, p.38, Simon and Schuster
“I tend to read non-fiction.”

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