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“Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.”
--Winston Churchill

“There has been opposition to every innovation in the history of [humankind], with the possible exception of the sword.”
--Benjamin Dana

"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of old ones."
--John Cage


Professor Calestous Juma
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
calestous_juma (at) harvard.edu