Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us.
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Predicting innovation is something of a self-canceling exercise: the most probable innovations are probably the least innovative.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Forecasting future innovations often misses the groundbreaking ideas that disrupt the norm.
P. J. O'Rourke highlights the paradox in predicting innovation, suggesting that the most likely future advancements are often incremental improvements rather than truly revolutionary changes. In essence, true innovation tends to come from unexpected sources or ideas that fall outside conventional expectations.
Themes
InnovationPredictionCreativityDisruption
In practice
Example use cases
In a discussion about future technologies, one might say, 'As P. J. O'Rourke once noted, predicting innovation can be tricky.'
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