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“A stone is simple. But you can build cathedrals of stones.”
–George Whitesides @TED
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”
–Steve Jobs
“The idea that we should not allow science to do its job because we’re afraid is really deadening.”
–Michael Specter
“Science has long informed the environmental movement. Now it must take the lead, because we are forced to enter an era of large-scale ecosystem engineering, and we have to know what the hell we’re doing.”
–Stewart Brand
“Urban planning is dead in the U.S.”
“If you’re going to change the world, you might as well do it at the world scale.”
– Carl Steinitz
“The debate over climate change has been long, heated and often troubled by different viewpoints. Geospatial technologies and tools cut through the thick fog of alternating views and bring real data and results to the forefront.”
“Maps are 100% content.”
“There is no such thing as information overload, only bad design.”
“We’re going to have a whole generation of people who (won’t) know how to use a map. … I was driving across the Golden Gate Bridge and my GPS said, ‘Take a right turn.’ (I’m thinking:) ‘Why? Have you seen my movies lately?’ “
–Robin Williams
