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“Diversity is valuing difference because it makes a difference: We see more when there are of us seeing. We know more when everyone’s perspective is sought and incorporated into our learning.” (197)

“This term ‘island’ (of sanity is) an interior space bounded by our values, commitment, and faith. This boundary is only visible in our actions; no matter where we are, we stand out as different, leading against the norm. We aren’t intent on changing the world; we simply try to work in ways that honor people and evoke our best human qualities.” (154-155)

“Living systems are self-organizing; they exchange information with their environment and use that information to adapt to changed conditions. Information is filtered through their identity, determining what’s relevant and what’s not. All of life processes the essential freedom to decide what to pay attention to and how to respond to what they just noticed.” (142)

“We may think our machines are learning, but really, they’re performing logical operations programmed to reduce huge amounts of data into ever more refined patterns and clusters. Assigning meaning to these can only be a human function: After all, meaning making is what defines us as humans.” (117)