13-2 Knowledge precedes action

In order to institute action, it is not sufficient that the individual man have unachieved ends that he would like to fulfill. He must also expect that certain modes of behavior will enable him to attain his ends. Action requires an image of a desired end and “technological ideas” or plans.

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• 13-3 All action must take place in time

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• 9-4b2a1d1.2 You can let the tech decide, but ideas and visions often can shape the tech
• 7-1b4 You can solve problems that just became solvable
• 7-1a2a1.1 ‘Scale’ - Anything that scaled started small, at the edge, at the frontier, as an avant-garde