CxD #180: Wisdom 🦉
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The American Dream is to work hard and buy a fancy home. The European Dream is to hardly work and own a motor scooter. ~ Eddie Izzard
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The Character of an era is defined not by the ideas people argue about, but the ideas they take for granted. The character of an era hangs upon what needs no defense. Power runs with ideas that only the crazy would draw into doubt.” ~ Lawrence Lessig
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“The gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country; it measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile.” ~ Robert Kennedy
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In a systems view of democracy, responsibility and freedom are two sides of the same coin. Freedom isn't free. It costs a little freedom. The further your personal responsibility stretches out from yourself and into the future the more freedom you should be accorded. The more parsimonious you are with responsibility, the less freedom you should get. ~ Marty Neumier
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You think that because you understand one that you also understand two, since one and one make two; but you forget that you must also understand and. ~ Sufi wisdom
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