If cybernetics is the science of control, management is the profession of control - Anthony Stafford Beer

It is the concept of likelihood that a real understanding of probability resides, and we must learn how to measure it.

Certain management policies-stretching of credit resources, for example-may lead to great progress in good conditions; but, like the Grand Prix car in comparison with the Land Rover, they may not be robust enough to survive when the going gets tough.

The system of transportation is not coherent; it is not treated as integral. Roads compete with railroads and airlines in chaotic fashion, and at immense cost to the nation.