Lean Logic Quotes

“Every civilisation has had its irrational but reassuring myth. Previous civilisations have used their culture to sing about it and tell stories about it. Ours has used its mathematics to prove it.”
― David Fleming, Lean Logic: A Dictionary for the Future and How to Survive It

“Localisation stands, at best, at the limits of practical possibility, but it has the decisive argument in its favour that there will be no alternative.”
― David Fleming, Lean Logic: A Dictionary for the Future and How to Survive It

“Forward movement is not helpful if what is needed is a change of direction.”
― David Fleming, Lean Logic: A Dictionary for the Future and How to Survive It

“The study of economic lift-off is well developed; touch-down has not been considered. There is an asymmetry here which would invite comment if applied to aviation.”
― David Fleming, Lean Logic: A Dictionary for the Future and How to Survive It

“Do nothing that matters without consulting a conversation.”
― David Fleming, Lean Logic: A Dictionary for the Future and How to Survive It