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The first approximation of an innovation goes only halfway to realizing its full impact. Two generations ago many people imagined a horseless-carriage, or automobile. However, very few imagined the second-order disruption of this horseless carriage -- parking lots and traffic jams. And virtually no one foresaw the third-order consequence of this second-order disruption (car plus parking lot) which was suburbia.
-- Kevin Kelly Whole Earth, Winter 2000. http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0GER/2000_Winter/68617361/p1/article.jhtml?term=blog
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