A quotable quote

“It is in the process of learning”, Hayek reminds us, “in the effects of having learned something new, that man enjoys the gift of his intelligence”. It is in curiosity, problem solving, and play that we discover who we are. These are the very qualities and activities that make the future unknown, and unknowable. On the verge between centuries, the dynamist promise is not of a particular, carefully outlined future. The future will be as grand, and as particular, as we are. We cannot build a single bridge from here to there, for neither here nor there is a single point. And there is no abyss to cross.

Virginia Postrel. The future and its Enemies.