Herbert Simon
Quotations
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“Technology may create a condition, but the questions are what do we do about ourselves. We better understand ourselves pretty clearly and we better find ways to like ourselves.” -Herbert Simon
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“The proper study of mankind is the science of design.” -Herbert Simon
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“Most of us really aren’t horribly unique. There are 6 billion of us. Put ’em all in one room and very few would stand out as individuals. So maybe we ought to think of worth in terms of our ability to get along as a part of nature, rather than being the lords over nature.”…
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“Learning is any change in a system that produces a more or less permanent change in its capacity for adapting to its environment.” -Herbert Simon
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“Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational.” -Herbert Simon
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“Engineering, medicine, business, architecture and painting are concerned not with the necessary but with the contingent – not with how things are but with how they might be – in short, with design.” -Herbert Simon
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“I don’t care how big and fast computers are, they’re not as big and fast as the world.” -Herbert Simon
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“Engineering, medicine, business, architecture and painting are concerned not with the necessary but with the contingent – not with how things are but with how they might be – in short, with design.” -Herbert Simon
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“Engineering, medicine, business, architecture and painting are concerned not with the necessary but with the contingent – not with how things are but with how they might be – in short, with design.” -Herbert Simon
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