The First Goal Of The Technostructure Is

There Is No Name For All Who Participate In Group Decision-making Or The Organization Which They Form. I Propose To Call This Organization The Technostructure.

In The United States, Though Power Corrupts, The Expectation Of Power Paralyzes.

The Metropolis Should Have Been Aborted Long Before It Became New York, London Or Tokyo.

Meetings Are Held Because Men Seek Companionship Or, At A Minimum, Wish To Escape The Tedium Of Solitary Duties. They Yearn For The Prestige Which Accrues To The Man Who Presides Over Meetings, And This Leads Them To Convoke Assemblages Over Which They Can Preside. Finally, There Is The Meeting Which Is Called Not Because There Is Business To Be Done, But Because It Is Necessary To Create The Impression That Business Is Being Done. Such Meetings Are More Than A Substitute For Action. They Are Widely Regarded As Action.

The Commencement Speech Is Not, I Think, A Wholly Satisfactory Manifestation Of Our Culture.