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Capacity

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The capacity of the computer to spew out huge masses of data does not make for better controls.

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Absorptive capacity is the ability to recognize, value, assimilate, and apply new information.

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Indeed, one of design’s most potent economic effects is this very capacity to create new markets…

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Symphony… is the capacity to synthesize rather than to analyze; to see relationships between seemingly unrelated fields; to detect broad patterns rather than to deliver specific answers; and to invent something new by combining elements nobody else thought to pair.

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The capacity to see the big picture is perhaps most important as an antidote to the variety of psychic woes brought forth by the remarkable prosperity and plentitude of our times.

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The way we live is eroding our capacity for deep, sustained, perceptive attention – the building blocks of intimacy, wisdom, and cultural progress.

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…without strong skills of attention, we are buffeted by the world and hindered in our capacity to grow and even to enjoy life.

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Everyone has huge creative capacities. The challenge is to develop them.

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…everyone has huge creative capacities as a natural result of being a human being.

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…predictable problems arise when people must make decisions that test their capacity for self-control.

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