Yeah, I became a successful entrepreneur. . . Eventually
A stochastic process is about the results of convolving probabilities-which is just what management is about, as well.
The purpose of a system is what it does. There is after all, no point in claiming that the purpose of a system is to do what it constantly fails to do.
It is terribly important to appreciate that some things remain obscure to the bitter end.
If cybernetics is the science of control, management is the profession of control
Too close a view may interfere with one's grasp of an overall problem or concept
Instead of trying to specify a system in full detail, specify it only somewhat. You can then ride on the dynamics of the system in the direction you want to go.
The best test of the quality of a civilization is the quality of its leisure.
Certainly, anyone whom I've witnessed, who has gone through something horrible and life-changing, has a sense of ironic humor, or an ability to look at the peculiarities of the world and find humor in it.
This is what I have heard at last the wind in December lashing the old trees with rain unseen rain racing along the tiles under the moon wind rising and falling wind with many clouds trees in the night wind.
I never graduated high school; they had to change the Ivy League rules. During my tenure at Brown, I helped them become the number one Ivy League school.