Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
Within eighteen months almost half of the population of Britain would be dead.
Simon Schama • A History of Britain - Volume 1
Jewish history is a living testimony to the power of ideas,
Jonathan Sacks • To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility
Changing the interpretation of the past is critical to controlling the future.
Benjamin Life • Tweet
As the filmmaker Adam Curtis told The Economist, ‘People are frightened of instability. But the job of a good politician is to give them a story that says “yes this is risky, but it’s also thrilling and it might just lead to something extraordinary.”’
Rob Hopkins • From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want
and present danger to the future of liberty.
Jonathan Sacks • Studies in Spirituality (Covenant & Conversation Book 9)
the coming extinction of the Jews.
Ari Shavit • My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel
History is often shaped not by deterministic power relations, but rather by tragic mistakes that result from believing in mesmerizing but harmful stories.