Why You Should Tilt at Windmills (and Other Quixotic Reflections) (excerpt)
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Why You Should Tilt at Windmills (and Other Quixotic Reflections) (excerpt)
Anyone wanting to change the world needs to cultivate a mix of rationality and intuition, as well as a mix of arrogance and humility: the arrogance to believe that they may be able to alter the course of human history, but also the humility to observe and change their views.
from Another World Is Possible: How to Reignite Social and Political Imagination by Geoff Mulgan
- “The driving cultural force of that form of life we call ‘modern,’” Rosa writes, “is the idea, the hope and the desire, that we can make the modern world controllable.” “Yet,” he quickly adds, “it is only in encountering the uncontrollable that we really experience the world. Only then do we feel touched, moved, alive. A world that is fully known, ... See more
from The Paradox of Control by theconvivialsociety.substack.com
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- “Playing and goofing off is a really important aspect of keeping optimism alive.”
from Hope is not passive: How activism keeps optimism alive by Maddy Lauria
It seems to be an art of recognizing the role of the unforeseen, of keeping your balance amid surprises, of collaborating with chance, of recognizing that there are some essential mysteries in the world and thereby a limit to calculation, to plan, to control.
from A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit
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