Wisdom Demands A New Orientation

An Ounce Of Practice Is Generally Worth More Than A Ton Of Theory.

Study How A Society Uses Its Land, And You Can Come To Pretty Reliable Conclusions As To What Its Future Will Be.

At Present, There Can Be Little Doubt That The Whole Of Mankind Is In Mortal Danger, Not Because We Are Short Of Scientific And Technological Know-how, But Because We Tend To Use It Destructively, Without Wisdom. More Education Can Help Us Only If Produces More Wisdom.

Even Bigger Machines, Entailing Even Bigger Concentrations Of Economic Power And Exerting Ever Greater Violence Against The Environment, Do Not Represent Progress: They Are A Denial Of Wisdom. Wisdom Demands A New Orientation Of Science And Technology Towards The Organic, The Gentle, The Nonviolent, The Elegant And Beautiful.

Never Let An Inventor Run A Company. You Can Never Get Him To Stop Tinkering And Bring Something To Market