The future is too interesting and dangerous to be entrusted to any predictable, reliable agency. We need all the fallibility we can get. Most of all, we need to preserve the absolute unpredictability and total improbability of our connected minds. That way we can keep open all the options, as we have in the past.

Summary

This quote highlights the importance of embracing uncertainty and the flaws of reliability in shaping the future. It suggests that relying on a predictable, trustworthy entity to determine our future would hinder our ability to adapt and explore new possibilities. Emphasizing the power of interconnected and unpredictable minds, the quote advocates for preserving diversity and fallibility in order to maintain a multitude of choices and maintain progress as we have done in the past.

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