“One effect of an individualistic culture that's poor at instilling mutual respect is that people jump more quickly to anger or violence.” PeopleCulturePoorViolenceEffectsMutualMutual RespectIndividualistic Author:Geoff Mulgan
“A lot of people in government don't really read books at all.” PeopleBookGovernment Author:Geoff Mulgan
“Economies are complex beasts that need people to do an extraordinary range of tasks.” PeopleNeedsEconomyTasksComplexesExtraordinaryRangeBeast Author:Geoff Mulgan
“The most important innovators often don't need any technologies - just imagination and acute sensitivity to people's needs.” PeopleNeedsImportantImaginationTechnologySensitivityInnovators Author:Geoff Mulgan
“The smug complacency of technology adverts disguises a pretty mixed picture, with too many people not connected, too many passive users of technologies designed for interactive, and far too much talk about empowerment but far too little action to make it happen.” PeopleLittlesHappensActionTechnologyToo MuchEmpowermentConnectedUsersPassiveDisguiseComplacencyMake It HappenInteractiveAdverts Author:Geoff Mulgan
“With a fractured sense of self, we come to depend on what people feed back to us - often mediated through social networks - not what we are. We have complex identities but may become less able to act as a subject - confident in what we really are.” PeopleMaySelfAbleSocialSubjectsIdentityDependsComplexesSense Of SelfSocial Network Author:Geoff Mulgan
“Many of the greatest composers and musicians do their best work in extreme confinement but we are seeing it in other fields - uses of technology to link people together in networks to solve problems and almost certainly we'll get better ideas than we would from them just doing it on their own.” PeopleIdeasUseProblemTogetherTechnologySeeingFieldsMusicianExtremesSolveGet BetterLinksComposerBest WorkConfinementUse Of Technology Author:Geoff Mulgan
“Over 5,000 years, states have made surprisingly consistent claims about their duties. They have promised to protect people from threats; promote their welfare; deliver justice and also, perhaps less obviously, uphold truth - originally truths about the cosmos, and more recently truths drawn from reason and knowledge.” PeopleYearsMadeStatesReasonJusticeDutyProtectClaimsThreatWelfareConsistentCosmos Author:Geoff Mulgan
“The really interesting moment will be when you have a critical mass of people engaging through the networks, more than through the press and TV. When that happens, the culture of politics has to change, moving away from controlled one-way messages towards a political culture that is more questioning.” PeopleWayMomentsHappensMovingPoliticalCultureInterestingTvsMessagesMassPressesCriticalOne WayControlledQuestioningEngagingReally InterestingMoving AwayCritical MassPolitical Culture Author:Geoff Mulgan
“There is a yearning for people to return to elementary moral virtues, such as integrity and commitment. We distrust people who have no centering of values. We greatly respect businessmen, for example, if they display those virtues, even if we don't necessarily agree with the people.” PeopleIfsValuesMoralVirtueExampleReturnIntegrityCommitmentAgreeYearningDisplayBusinessmanDistrustMoral VirtuesCentering Author:Geoff Mulgan
“Understanding capitalism is in some ways simple. At its best, capitalism rewards creators, makers and providers: the people and firms that create valuable things for others, like imaginative technologies and good food, cars and drugs.” PeopleWayUnderstandingSimpleTechnologyCarDrugCapitalismRewardsCreatorValuableFirmMakersImaginativeGood FoodProvidersValuable Things Author:Geoff Mulgan
“Young people who were relaxed about posting every detail of their life on Facebook become a lot less relaxed when they realise just how transparent their life has become to future employers.” PeopleYoungDetailsRealisingRelaxedEmployersTransparent Author:Geoff Mulgan
