Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
If it becomes impossible for politicians to obtain resources to redistribute, the public may respond in a rational way and forget about politics, just as well-intentioned people ceased organizing marches of penitents when the Middle Ages came to an end.
James Dale Davidson, Lord William Rees-Mogg • The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
warned of the risk of the blind advancement of science, to her the most dangerous of all human arts.
Benjamin Labatut • When We Cease to Understand the World
“You have the floor.”
Zephyros Press • Robert's Rules of Order In Action: How to Participate in Meetings with Confidence
MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES.
Zephyros Press • Robert's Rules of Order In Action: How to Participate in Meetings with Confidence
Peut-être vivons-nous aujourd’hui une Iliade ? Il faudrait remplacer la colère d’Achille par l’expression de notre arrogance technicienne. Dans sa conférence sur la technique, Heidegger parlait de la mise en demeure faite à la Terre de nous livrer ses ressources. Cette réquisition de la Terre, cet arraisonnement, s’apparente à l’hubris. Les dieux a
... See moreSylvain Tesson • Un été avec Homère (French Edition)
Let us remember that economists are evaluated on how intelligent they sound, not on a scientific measure of their knowledge of reality.