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This is why, as Vittorini put it, intellectuals must not "play the piper to revolution." Not in order to shirk the responsibility of a choice (which they can make as individuals), but because the moment of action requires the elimination of nuances and ambiguities (and this is the irreplaceable function of the "decision maker" in every institution)
... See moreMen who act, to the extent that they feel themselves to be the masters of their own futures, will forever be tempted to make themselves masters of the past, too.
-Hannah Arendt
The Industrial Revolution had two phases: mechanizing the manufacturing of cloth, then mechanizing manufacturing itself. The Digital Revolution is experiencing the same two-step process. In the first phase, the white-collar side of industry—payroll, human resources, inventory management—was digitized and networked. Computers have been used to desig
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To that end, scheduling creative tasks for specific times of day, and then treating them like real nonnegotiable appointments, is imperative for productivity.
-Fay Wolf
Control is why brains are on constant alert for the unexpected. Unexpected change is a portal through which danger arrives to swipe at our throats. Paradoxically, however, change is also an opportunity. It’s the crack in the universe through which the future arrives. Change is hope. Change is promise. It’s our winding path to a more successful tomo
... See moreWill Storr • The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human, and How to Tell Them Better
We all live multiple lives in one, and our sense of self continuously dies in the process. So when you feel some fundamental changes occurring within you (i.e. feeling disconnected from certain friends, being discontent with a job you’ve historically enjoyed, questioning your faith, etc.), don ’t be too afraid.
Lawrence Yeo • Death: The Roommate of Life - More To That
“The old is dead, and I don’t know what the new is. The only way to find the new is to start different things and see if there’s something that can come out of experimentation. It’s somewhat unsettling, but it’s a hopeful thing in a way. I’ve been here, lots of times.”
-David Lynch
[My father] says in his experience it is the man who has been in a war who understands that war is cruel and foolish and sinful, and anyone who defends war as natural to the human condition is a person of stunted imagination.
“For an actor, it’s the difference between planning how you’re going to behave, which looks like acting, and finding your performance in the other person’s eyes, which makes you respond to one another—and which looks like life.”
-Alan Alda