Puncture
To contemplate these harsh realities is not to give in to despair, but to make it possible to resist.
Patch
Truth is the best activist program
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
September 23
Puncture
We need not have delusions of grandeur about what we can accomplish, but we do need to avoid a self-satisfied complacency.
Patch
We must hold ourselves and each other accountable, while knowing that the powerful systems in place are not going to change overnight simply because we have good arguments and are well-intentioned
We need not have delusions of grandeur about what we can accomplish, but we do need to avoid a self-satisfied complacency.
Patch
We must hold ourselves and each other accountable, while knowing that the powerful systems in place are not going to change overnight simply because we have good arguments and are well-intentioned
September 22
Puncture
Few are guilty but we are all responsible.
Patch
One foot in the grave and the other foot dancing...
Few are guilty but we are all responsible.
Patch
One foot in the grave and the other foot dancing...
September 21
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We are the first species that will have to self-consciously impose limits on ourselves if we are to survive.
Patch
For all our considerable rational capacities, we are driven by forces that cannot be fully understood rationally and cannot be completely controlled
We are the first species that will have to self-consciously impose limits on ourselves if we are to survive.
Patch
For all our considerable rational capacities, we are driven by forces that cannot be fully understood rationally and cannot be completely controlled
September 20
Puncture
Abandon plans based on delusional wishes about how we wish the world existed and, instead, get busy adapting the world that really exists.
Patch
Unsustainable systems cannot be sustained. The world and our nation are presently living on an unsustainable basis
Abandon plans based on delusional wishes about how we wish the world existed and, instead, get busy adapting the world that really exists.
Patch
Unsustainable systems cannot be sustained. The world and our nation are presently living on an unsustainable basis
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
September 19
Puncture
Conduct a "premortem" - what might kill this project?
Patch
Check list: promotes action, respects people's time, tells people what to do, and motivates with proof of progress
Conduct a "premortem" - what might kill this project?
Patch
Check list: promotes action, respects people's time, tells people what to do, and motivates with proof of progress
September 18
Puncture
Don't rationalize inaction.
Patch
Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave
Don't rationalize inaction.
Patch
Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave
September 17
Puncture
People are up to their eyeballs in information. What they need is a goal and something to believe in.
Patch
Whoever tells the best story - wins
People are up to their eyeballs in information. What they need is a goal and something to believe in.
Patch
Whoever tells the best story - wins
September 14
Puncture
Always identify your "believers" and work with them.
Patch
Give them at least two options, but never more than three
Always identify your "believers" and work with them.
Patch
Give them at least two options, but never more than three
September 13
Puncture
Familiarity breeds commitment, not contempt.
Patch
Sources of resistance: inertia, hesitation to lose options, fear of making a mistake, no role model, no faith in the cause
Familiarity breeds commitment, not contempt.
Patch
Sources of resistance: inertia, hesitation to lose options, fear of making a mistake, no role model, no faith in the cause
September 12
Puncture
Progress: unthinkable to radical to acceptable to sensible and finally popular.
Patch
"Pluralistic ignorance" - going along because you think everyone else agrees
Progress: unthinkable to radical to acceptable to sensible and finally popular.
Patch
"Pluralistic ignorance" - going along because you think everyone else agrees
Monday, September 5, 2011
September 10
Puncture
Find something interesting or useful in even the worst experience.
Patch
Beware hurting others beyond salvation
Find something interesting or useful in even the worst experience.
Patch
Beware hurting others beyond salvation
September 09
Puncture
Aphorisms are a very good vehicle for higher thinking.
Patch
Pithiness is next to godliness
Aphorisms are a very good vehicle for higher thinking.
Patch
Pithiness is next to godliness
September 08
Puncture
Hope is often stronger than experience.
Patch
Good cure for sadness - learn something
Hope is often stronger than experience.
Patch
Good cure for sadness - learn something
September 07
Puncture
Be careful about getting into the habit of anything.
Patch
The second mouse gets the cheese
Be careful about getting into the habit of anything.
Patch
The second mouse gets the cheese
September 06
Puncture
Wisdom is more than just practical intelligence, more than only taking care of myself. It is about the common good.
Patch
It is better to receive the rebuke of a wise man than the praises of a fool
Wisdom is more than just practical intelligence, more than only taking care of myself. It is about the common good.
Patch
It is better to receive the rebuke of a wise man than the praises of a fool
September 04
Puncture
We make virtues out of faults we do not wish to correct.
Patch
The less I want or need, the more content I am
We make virtues out of faults we do not wish to correct.
Patch
The less I want or need, the more content I am
Saturday, September 3, 2011
September 03
Puncture
Wisdom and unwisdom coexist - so, beware.
Patch
People who cannot stay home and accept what they cannot change are condemned to go out and try to change what they cannot accept
Wisdom and unwisdom coexist - so, beware.
Patch
People who cannot stay home and accept what they cannot change are condemned to go out and try to change what they cannot accept
September 02
Puncture
Too often we abandon truth and seek a fantasy.
Patch
All I want is a little more than I will ever get
Too often we abandon truth and seek a fantasy.
Patch
All I want is a little more than I will ever get
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